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SAIC

Senior RF Systems Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$200K - $240K/yr

Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: Yes - 10% of the time Minimum Clearance ... development, operator training, payload initialization and checkout, and on-orbit operations.

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Senior Payloads Software Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

$120K - $200K/yr

You will directly support real-world missions across our fleet of ground vehicles operated by our ... Work across the organization and directly with end-users to deliver new behaviors, payload ...

Belcan

Engineer Field 3

Jacksonville, FL

... a Forward Operating Base (FOB). Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to ... Addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR ...

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General Atomics

Engineer V

Acton, MA · On-site

$105K - $189K/yr

This is a full-time position located in Acton, MA. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: * Define and ... Perform electrical and software integration of payload components, including command-and-telemetry ...

Cobb County, GA

Equipment Operator IV

Marietta, GA · On-site

$22.15/hr

Department of Transportation Marietta, GA Job Type: Full-Time Job Number: 04770 Department ... of payload; controls amount and weight of materials being lifted to avoid exceeding equipment ...

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AspectFull Time Payload OperatorPart Time Payload Operator
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CertificationsRequired certifications such as FAA Part 107 or equivalentSame certifications as full-time, but may vary based on hours
Work EnvironmentConsistent schedule, full-time employment in aviation or drone operationsFlexible schedule, often on an as-needed basis
Employer UsageEmployed directly by companies for ongoing operationsContract or freelance basis for specific projects

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Senior RF Systems Engineer

Senior RF Systems Engineer

SAIC

El Segundo, CA

$200K - $240K/yr

Full-time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job description

Job ID: 2613965

Location: El Segundo, CA, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-24

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description

SAIC has an opening for a Space RF Payload subject matter expert (SME) with in-depth knowledge of digital signal processing, signals, remote sensing, mission analyses, and system engineering.  You will provide subject matter expertise to support customer decisions with respect to contractors’ development of spaceborne RF signal processing payloads, ground processing systems, and overall mission capabilities.   You will work in customer facilities in El Segundo, CA, directly sitting with our customers to provide our support.

You will perform the following duties and "fun stuff":

  • Responsible for acting as primary technical oversight for the development, build, verification and deployment of Space RF payloads, providing Government leadership, as needed, recommend course corrections to the payload design and build through delivery.
  • Requirements generation.
  • Evaluation and compliance assessments to generated requirements and requirements flow down.
  • Concept design evaluation and analysis of alternatives.
  • Assessments of Critical Technology Elements (CTE), Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs) and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs).
  • Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development.
  • Provide technical oversight of payload integration process onto candidate spacecraft.
  • Provide technical oversight of transition to operations to include the development, operator training, payload initialization and checkout, and on-orbit operations.
  • Responsible for assessing proposed payload design updates and understanding all performance and spacecraft impacts due to these updates.
  • Responsible for performing assessments of risk reduction plans associated with improving the maturity of payload design and hardware.
  • Responsible for working with contacts at prime and subcontractors to ensure work is on schedule and progressing.

Qualifications

This is you:

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Aerospace Engineering with 14 years or more of experience in relevant field or Master's degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Aerospace
  • Engineering with 12 years or more of experience.
  • Experience with spaceborne RF payloads, signal processing, signals, mission data processing.
  • Ability to analyze, discover and find solutions for technical issues in relevant technology.
  • Working knowledge of orbital mechanics and environmental effects on spaceborne RF payloads.
  • Experience applying Systems Engineering principals to the execution of payload development, build and I&T onto spacecraft.
  • Good communication skills to peers and customer leadership.
  • Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
  • Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.

Great additional background and skills:

  • 16 years or more of experience with RF payloads.
  • Experience with integration & test of spaceborne RF payloads onto spacecraft.
  • Familiarity with DoW acquisition processes.
  • Experience as a project manager on space payload program or IPT.
  • Ability to generate link budgets for end-to-end space to ground Comm systems and / or RF Payloads.

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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