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Surveillance
ISR
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Manufacturing
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Design Review
Vendor Management
Risk Assessment
Hardware Development
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Spectrum
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Job ID: 2614440

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-10

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

The RF Payload Engineer will support advanced space systems with a focus on RF payload development, integration, and production testing. This role contributes to the development, verification, and sustainment of RF payload hardware for space-based intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and communications missions.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and execute RF payload development including architecture definition, component selection, and subsystem integration.
Develop and implement production-level RF payload testing including functional, performance, and environmental test plans.
Perform RF link analysis, payload signal chain validation, and troubleshooting at system and component levels.
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on payload interfaces and mission requirements.
Support hardware manufacturing readiness, test procedure development, and flight certification processes.
Generate engineering documentation, test reports, technical briefings, and configuration-controlled artifacts.
Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer working groups.
Provide technical insight during vendor management and risk assessments.

Qualifications

?Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience.
8-12+ years of experience in RF payloads, RF systems, or radar payload development.
Expertise in RF hardware design, payload architectures, and test methodologies.
Experience with RF test equipment including VNAs, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
Must have a TS/SCI, and be willing to obtain a poly.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: 2614440
Posted 16 days ago

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About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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