Senior Digital RF Engineer (Hardware Engineer 4) - 19475
Date: Mar 26, 2025
Location: Roanoke, VA, Virginia, United States
Company: HII's Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 19475
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: - $135,000.00
Security Clearance: Ability to Obtain
Level of Experience: Senior
This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.
HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072
Job Description
Are you bored with the standard product development pipeline?
Do you enjoy tinkering and learning how things work?
HII Mission Technologies (HII MT) is seeking talented engineers who are excited to work in a flipped engineering environment. Our team in Roanoke, VA specializes in reverse engineering and microelectronics trust and assurance.
Candidates for this position will contribute to the team by utilizing in-house software tools to reverse engineer hardware assets provided by the U.S. government. During the analysis, engineers will be expected to provide expertise on Digital RF systems including embedded software wireless radios, digital wireless communications, digital signal processors, Wifi, cellular communications, satellite communications, and handheld wireless communications.
The ideal candidate will have experience with RF system design and verification, especially the digital front-end. Experience with hardware hacking and RF-based attacks is also valued in this position.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Candidates for this position will be responsible for performing hardware analysis and reverse engineering of DoD assets.
Candidates will be expected to produce clear documentation explaining the components, capabilities, and features of asset systems.
The use of HII proprietary tools, vendor tools, and other modeling, simulation, and analysis of targeted systems.
Effective collaboration with teammates to produce cohesive results and create improved processes is required.
Candidates must be U.S. citizens and be willing and able to obtain a DoD security clearance (if not already cleared).
Minimum Qualifications
9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in realted field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
You will meet our minimum qualifications if you…
• Are a United States citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• Have a bachelor’s ABET accredited degree with 5+ years of experience in a relevant engineering discipline
• Or have a master’s ABET accredited degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Experience with algorithms and processing steps applied to digitized RF data found in telecom, satcom, and software defined radios (SDRs).
• Experience with the design or verification of digital front ends (DFEs) used modern RF-SOCs.
• Have the ability to learn new skills quickly
Preferred Requirements
You will go above and beyond if you…
• Already possess an active security clearance
• Have experience with designing RF
• Have experience with Radio Resource Management functionalities, e.g., handover control, admission controls, capacity management, etc.
• Have experience with 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G and Wireless Broadband technologies
• Have experience with modifying hardware to perform non-intended tasks
• Have experience with Software Defined Radio systems
The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.
Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.