Secret-Cleared RF Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking Secret-Cleared RF Engineers in Chelmsford, Massachusetts for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. These positions will provide hands-on RF engineering and production support for complex high-reliability electronic modules, including hardware testing, troubleshooting, integration, and failure investigation.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or another STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.

• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required to start.

• Experience troubleshooting hardware designs and resolving integration issues in a production or manufacturing environment.

• Hands-on electronics hardware experience.

• Experience using RF/microwave test equipment.

• Experience using microwave simulation tools.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex RF hardware and production issues.

• Strong communication and technical presentation skills.

• U.S. citizenship required.

• Ability to work one of the required off-shift schedules after completion of training.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.

• Defense electronics experience.

• Experience with RF subsystems including antennas, transmitters, receivers, microwave components, low-noise amplifiers, high-power amplifiers, mixers, switches, and frequency-generation/conversion circuits.

• Microelectronics assembly experience.

• Experience reading schematics, specifications, and test data.

• RF design experience.

• Experience leading hardware failure investigations.

• Experience supporting manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, and production personnel.

What You’ll Do

• Support production of complex multi-function RF modules.

• Perform hands-on RF hardware testing and troubleshooting.

• Resolve design, integration, and production issues.

• Use RF/microwave test equipment and simulation tools to evaluate hardware performance.

• Investigate hardware failures and support corrective actions.

• Collaborate with hardware, systems, circuit-design, manufacturing, and test engineers.

• Support products throughout development, integration, production, and test.

• Communicate technical findings and recommendations to engineering and manufacturing teams.

Work Schedule / Shift

All selected candidates will train for the first six weeks on Monday–Thursday, 6:00 AM–4:30 PM.

After training, available permanent schedules are:

• 2nd Shift: Monday–Thursday, 4:00 PM–2:30 AM

• Weekend Shift: Thursday–Sunday, 7:00 AM–5:30 PM

Pay

• $97.12 per hour.

Job IDs: 23096 / 23098

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.