Job Title: Electrical Engineer - RF Designer
Company Overview: Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) is a fast-growing defense company at the forefront of developing innovative solutions for military applications. With a strong focus on research and development, we are at the forefront of providing cutting-edge technology to enhance the capabilities of our armed forces.
Position: Electrical Engineer - RF Designer
Location: Auburn, AL
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description: IS4S is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Hardware Electrical Engineer with expertise in high-speed, embedded, and RF electronics for military projects. An immediate area of focus will is open architectures of SOSA VNX+ Software-Defined Radio systems. The successful candidate will play a key role in the design and development of advanced hardware systems, contributing to the success of mission-critical applications.
Applicants must clearly state citizenship and any active clearance in a cover letter or on the resume.
Responsibilities:
1. Design and develop RF, embedded, and high-speed electronics for sensing, communication, and other equipment.
2. Conduct feasibility studies, analysis, and simulation for new hardware designs, ensuring compliance with military standards and requirements.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, mechanical engineers, and project managers, to deliver integrated solutions.
4. Generate detailed hardware specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts for advanced hardware boards.
5. Perform prototype testing, troubleshooting, and validation of RF and power electronics systems.
6. Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend improvements and innovations.
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Skills:
1. Experience with wireless design and basic principles of RF and antenna theory.
2. Understanding of electronics thermal management
3. Experience with software-defined radios (SDR) and frameworks, such as GNU radio
4. Coding skills with VHDL and C/C++
5. Design and analysis experience using industry standard tools (COMSOL, ANSYS, Matlab, Python, etc).
Benefits:
IS4S: Speed with Discipline
Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) is an employee-owned and controlled small business that provides a wide range of engineering and management solutions to the United States Armed Forces and other government and commercial agencies. We specialize in advanced positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies, systems engineering and integration, software development, open systems architectures, computational physics, additive manufacturing, energetics, electromagnetics, avionics, vehicle electronics, and many other innovative technologies.
We are headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama with additional offices located in these areas:
We also have a growing remote workforce across the United States, including embedded teams at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts.
Our mission is to solve important problems for our customers in an environment where doing the right thing is more important than profit, and where our company is fully owned, operated, and controlled by ethical, motivated employees.
IS4S was founded in 2008 by experienced engineers and managers who realized the need to ensure that our government, military, and commercial customers have an alternative to the defense contractor “status quo.” The IS4S approach to systems integration and development is based on a time proven premise: giving the customer the best value solution is always the right answer. We believe that there is no better way to build our business than to build our customer’s business with high value, technically innovative solutions and services.
IS4S is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Electrical Engineer - RF Designer
$70,000–$170,000/annual
