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Radio Frequency Engineer 3

Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Up to $110.68 DOE
Job ID: 219704 Secret Clearance

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Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Up to $110.68 DOE
4 months
2
Bachelor's Degree
5+ years
Secret
Sep 4, 2026

Job Description

Job #219704

Chipton-Ross is seeking multiple Radio Frequency Engineer 3's for a contract opportunity in Rolling Meadows, IL.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE)

Basic Qualifications for Principal RF Engineer:

  • Bachelors' degree in STEM field with a minimum 5+ years of electronics design experience or MS degree in STEM field with 3+ years of electronics design experience.
  • RF/Analog circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
  • Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving amplifiers, mixers, control systems, ADCs, DACs, and/or phase lock loops
  • Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
  • Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
  • US Citizenship
  • Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal RF Engineer:

  • Bachelors' degree in STEM field with a minimum 8 years of electronics design experience or MS degree in STEM field with 6 years of electronics design experience.
  • RF/Analog circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
  • Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving amplifiers, mixers, control systems, ADCs, DACs, and/or phase lock loops
  • Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
  • Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
  • US Citizenship
  • Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

The Principal RF/Sr. Principal RF role involves full life-cycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, production, verification, and field support while working in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management. RF/Analog subsystem and circuit card designs utilize the latest MMIC and discrete device technologies from all major vendors including internal designed devices, Electro-Optical (EO) circuitry, controls, detectors and data converters. As an RF/Analog Electrical Engineer, you will join our diverse team and be responsible for research, design, development of signal conversion and analog/mixed signal products. Your expertise in RF, mixed signal, and/or Electro-Optical component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, and circuit level design and test are desired for this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE)

  • An advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • Minimum 7 years of RF and/or mixed signal electronics design experience
  • Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems
  • Recent circuit card design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept, Allegro, and/or Mentor DxDesigner, Expedition
  • Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) and MatLab modeling tools
  • Experience with SPICE modeling tools
  • Proven skills to include: communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, adaptable, creative, collaborative and comfortable working independently and enjoy solving difficult problems
  • Current Secret or Top-Secret security clearance

REQUIRED EDUCATION

  • Bachelors' degree in STEM field is required.
  • School must be accredited.

WORK HOURS

Full-Time 9/80 workweek. This position will serve on-site in Rolling Meadows, IL.

ADDITIONAL

Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.
  • Employment will be contingent on clearing a drug screen and background check. Both must clear prior to start date.
  • Candidates responding to this posting must currently possess the eligibility to work in the United States. No third parties please.

For more information, please apply or contact:

Rochelle Anderson 800.927.9318 x280
[email protected]
Chipton-Ross provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by Federal, State or local law. This policy governs all areas of employment at Chipton-Ross, including recruiting, hiring, training, assignment, promotions, compensation, benefits, discipline, and terminations.

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