RF Engineer
Pubblicato il 11-08-2026 - Mit Lincoln Laboratory in Italia
The Homeland Protection Systems Group works with the U.S. Government and other stakeholders to develop, assess, and rapidly transition advanced technologies to address emerging national security priorities in the homeland. In recent years, the group has successfully deployed innovative technology solutions to safeguard the National Airspace, population centers, and critical infrastructure. Leveraging our expertise in complex systems analysis, advanced algorithm development, and hardware prototyping, our team of analysts, engineers, and technologists applies cutting-edge techniques in data analysis, predictive analytics, and systems engineering to solve complex Homeland Protection problems and strengthen national security.
Job Description
Position Overview
We are seeking a talented applicant with experience in radars, RF design, and signal processing. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in radio frequency engineering, with a focus on phased array radar systems, signal processing, digital beamforming, cognitive radar, antenna calibration, and analysis.
This position offers the opportunity to work on challenging and impactful projects relevant to critical national priorities, with an emphasis on air surveillance, air defense, UAS, counter-UAS, counter-swarm and weather forecasting mission areas.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, calibrate, test, and assess phased array radar antennas and systems.
• Develop and implement digital beamforming algorithms and architectures.
• Perform signal processing analysis for radar detection, tracking, and imaging applications.
• Execute modeling, simulation, and analysis of phased array antennas and RF subsystems.
• Perform system-level performance analysis, including array calibration, beampattern optimization, and adaptive processing techniques.
• Develop and execute test plans for phased array radar prototypes in laboratory and field environments.
• Analyze radar performance metrics including detect