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Associate RF Hardware Engineer (Comms)


Job Location:

Clarksburg, WV - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 90000 - 105000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Thales Defense & Security Inc. (TDSI)Headquartered in Clarksburg MD is a U.S. company that has been serving domestic and international defense Air Land and Sea domains for 60 years. With over 1000 employees TDSI and its four subsidiaries (Advanced Acoustic Concepts Digital Receiver Technology Tampa Microwave and Trusted Cyber Technologies) supports U.S. Joint Services special operations forces and multi-national partners with a variety of communication visualization signal intelligence/electronic warfare and sensor/sonar capabilities. TDSIs key technologies include tactical handheld radios expeditionary satellite terminals helmet-mounted displays optics and target recognition capability advanced radars undersea sensing and missile dependon what we do!

We are seeking an Associate RF HW Electrical Engineer to work in our Clarksburg MD office. This position reports to the RF Design Manager.

Top Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Yearly Incentive Bonus Program
  • Generous 401(k) program - up to 7% company contribution and 100% immediate vesting
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid wellness vacation and holiday leave
  • Paid maternity paternity and parental leave
  • 9/80 Work Schedule (every other Friday off)

Responsibilities

  • Work within multidisciplined engineering project teams as an RF design engineer to design and develop RF circuits circuit card assemblies and products for Tactical Radio SATCOM Software Defined Radio Electronic Warfare and Land Mobile Radio markets.
  • Participate in small RF engineering teams and/or work under the supervision of a senior member of the RF design staff to define requirements conceive document (create schematics PCB layouts interface control documents hardware design documents test plans/reports etc) analyze/simulate build prototypes perform verification testing debug and optimize circuit designs to meet requirements at the circuit card and product levels.
  • Working with your mentor and colleagues implement RF designs utilizing RF power amplifiers low-noise amplifiers bandpass & lowpass filters and frequency mixers capable of supporting advanced waveforms used in small size weight and power (SWAP) products.
  • Design/source analyze/simulate test and optimize antennas external RF amplifiers and ancillaries for use with products to achieve overall product performance requirements.
  • Contribute to technical trade studies and analyses to select RF architecture and key components.
  • Assist other RF team members to develop and implement detailed design specifications test plans and test procedures.
  • Verify product performance vs. predictions for prototype products and production hardware products.
  • Participate in continuous improvement and team building activities. Maintain productive working relationships with all team members.
  • Complete assigned tasks in a quality and timely manner.
  • Effectively support and communicate to management status issues needs and ideas.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • US Citizenship Required - Applicant selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet requirements to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
  • BSEE or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering.
  • Demonstrated focus in analog or RF circuit design through junior/seniorlevel coursework laboratory work and technical projects.
  • In-depth theoretical knowledge of Analog and RF circuit design at an undergraduate level.
  • Hands-on lab experience to breadboard prototype and test designs utilizing engineering test equipment commonly found in undergraduate engineering labs.
  • Experience is desired utilizing engineering development software tools including Altium Designer Microwave Office ADS Genesys LTspice Matlab Lab View and Microsoft Office tools.
  • Strong communication skills both verbal and non-verbal.
  • Ability to think out-of-the-box develop and implement innovation design solutions.
  • Ability to comply with all Company guidelines policies procedures and embrace Company Core Values.

The annualized pay range for this role is $90000.00 - $105000.00 USD along with a target incentive compensation plan (ICP) of 5%. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate representative of the experience level for the role described above. TDSI considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.

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