• Engineering
• Sr. Principal RF Engineer

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Rolling Meadows, IL Posted:

9/4/2026 Job Description Job ID#: 225347

Job Category:

Engineering Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

20

Positions Available:

2

• PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Principal RF Engineer, in Rolling Meadows, IL. Job ID#225347
• Pay rates: $31.00 - $39.00

• Job Description:

• The client is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.

Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! The client develops Operational Electronic Warfare (EW) and targeting systems that provide situational awareness, self-protection, and offensive electronic attack capability to platforms across the spectrum from visible light IR to millimeter wave RF. By joining us, you'll work on projects that help safeguard our nation related to land forces, rotary wing survivability systems, international and U.S. military electronic warfare systems, communications systems, missile warning systems (MWS), and sensors, infrared countermeasure systems (IRCM), automatic test equipment, modeling and simulation, and situational awareness programs. The Hardware Engineering organization plays a key role in developing these solutions. The Principal RF/Sr. Principal RF role involves full life-cycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, production, verification, and field support while working in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management. RF/Analog subsystem and circuit card designs utilize the latest MMIC and discrete device technologies from all major vendors including internal clients designed devices, Electro-Optical (EO) circuitry, controls, detectors and data converters. As an RF/Analog Electrical Engineer, you will join our diverse team and be responsible for research, design, development of signal conversion and analog/mixed signal products. Your expertise in RF, mixed signal, and/or Electro-Optical component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, and circuit level design and test are desired for this position.

• This position will be full-time and on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL. Location
• This position can be filled at either the Principal or Sr.

Principal level:

• Basic Qualifications for

Principal RF Engineer:

• - Bachelors' degree in STEM field with a minimum 5+ years of electronics design experience or MS degree in STEM field with 3+ years of electronics design experience.
• RF/Analog circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving amplifiers, mixers, control systems, ADCs, DACs, and/or phase lock loops
• Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
• Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
• US Citizenship
• Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Basic Qualifications for Sr.

Principal RF Engineer:

• Bachelors' degree in STEM field with a minimum 8 years of electronics design experience or MS degree in STEM field with 6 years of electronics design experience.
• RF/Analog circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving amplifiers, mixers, control systems, ADCs, DACs, and/or phase lock loops
• Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
• Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
• US Citizenship
• Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

• Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Minimum 7 years of RF and/or mixed signal electronics design experience
• Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems
• Recent circuit card design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept, Allegro, and/or Mentor Dx Designer, Expedition
• Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) and MATLAB modeling tools
• Experience with SPICE modeling tools
• Proven skills to include communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, adaptable, creative, collaborative and comfortable working independently and enjoy solving difficult problems
• Current Secret or Top-Secret security clearance Benefits offered to vary by the contract.

Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements Minimum Security Clearance:

Secret Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

• VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
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