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RF Engineer

Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3)
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 11/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/9/2027

Overview

i3 has an exciting opportunity for a RF Engineer to support the Naval Research Laboratory, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division. The TEWD's mission is to protect the warfighter from emerging threats by advancing electronic warfare (EW) through RDT&E of current and future technologies.

 

Pay Range $88,000 - $163,000

The pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, geographic location, and any applicable laws.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, integrate, and test RF subsystem in seekers for threat simulators.
  • Perform analysis of emerging RF seeker threats and report findings to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required:

  • BS or MS degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related field.
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience.
  • Experience with RF subsystem design.
  • Modeling and simulation of RF components.
  • Experience with RF front end design (e.g. antenna design).
  • Laboratory experience with RF equipment. 

Desired:

  • Five (5) years of experience.
  • Experience supporting anechoic chamber operations.
  • Experience with digital signal processing in radar applications.
  • RF test and evaluation using laboratory equipment (e.g. Keysight ADS, spectrum analyzer).
  • Experience with RF antennas and beamforming networks.
  • MATLAB application in simulation and data analysis.

Security Clearance:

  • Active Secret clearance.

About i3

Founded in 2007, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with additional offices in Orlando, FL, and the National Capital Region. We are a 100% team member-owned mid-tier integrator with over 800 employee-owners, and our culture speaks for itself: we've earned ten Best Places to Work® awards, driven by strong employee engagement, transparent leadership, and a genuine commitment to communication.

 

i3 team members operate at the leading edge of national defense across a broad range of technical disciplines, from systems and software engineering to modeling, simulation, and training solutions to cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise IT. We also take products from prototype through production, bringing that same engineering rigor to manufacturing and delivering hardware at scale. For candidates, that means a rare opportunity: the innovation and mission focus of an engineering services company paired with the hands-on impact of building and delivering real solutions that benefit the Warfighter, all inside an employee-owned company where your contributions directly shape both the mission and your ownership stake in the business

 

Salary : $88,000 - $163,000

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