Hiring: Lead Radio Frequency Engineer Company: Qualis LLC Location: Huntsville, AL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 13:57:44 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Firmware, PCB, Project Management, Root Cause Analysis, Secret Clearance About the job Experience: •Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. •9 years of prior relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. Required Skills: •The Lead RF Engineer will work within a multi-discipline team of engineers providing engineering support that addresses our customers’ needs implementing current technology in SDA and MW radars. •Responsible for the analysis, design, implementation, optimization, and enhancement of RF systems. The position applies comprehensive RF Engineering knowledge to support system performance, frequency conversion, signal routing, synchronization, calibration, interference analysis, and optimization. •The Lead RF Engineer provides program support by bringing knowledge and skills to a hybrid development environment where waterfall and agile practices are combined to quickly bring feedback during the design, development, and testing of new products. •Lead RF engineering execution, provide technical direction, and resolve design tradeoffs and technical issues across the hardware-in-the-loop system. •Develop RF technical plans, sequence engineering activities, and coordinate dependencies and design reviews with systems, software, firmware, mechanical, and test engineers. •Define RF subsystem requirements, architectures, and interfaces, translating system performance needs into component and signal-path specifications. •Direct and perform link-budget, frequency, and interference analyses to assess gain, loss, noise, linearity, isolation, and dynamic range. •Guide and contribute to transmit/receive, channel-simulation, and frequency-conversion designs, including amplifiers, filters, mixers, switches, and attenuators. Qualifications: •Understanding of Military and Industrial standards governing hardware design, selection, qualification, characteristics, etc. •Familiar with the product lifecycle and have some experience applying technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, processes, and techniques to solve problems •Applied hands-on capability in RF hardware design and integration, RF measurements, calibration, and hardware/software troubleshooting. •Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain an Active DoD Secret Clearance. •In-depth knowledge of project management principles and experience supporting the planning and execution of complex engineering efforts. Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Health, dental, and vision insurance Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!