Job Description
Alion's expertise in RF and wireless communication is unrivaled. This includes 50+ years' of experience performing complex RF Engineering analysis for DoD customers, civilian government agencies, and commercial companies worldwide. Our expertise in collecting, analyzing, and formatting spectrum data, including RF measurement, frequency assignment, spectrum certification, LiDAR, and other geo-referenced data, enables us to produce refined RF modeling and simulation tools and applications with the reliability and precision needed to assure spectrum access and control.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for analyzing and developing RF and wireless telecommunications capabilities for various operations.
- Design and validate RF link performance, quality and reliability.
- Provide technical assessment of requirements from conception to launch.
- Optimize existing networks by adjusting radio network parameters, adding/deleting of neighbors and recommending possible solutions to hardware problems.
- Design and build custom applications.
- Apply propagation theory, cellular theory, and antenna theory to choose tower antenna placement.
- Design, plan, establish, and optimize wireless networks.
- Develop wireless network infrastructures and make recommendations on systems enhancements for optimization.
- Use measuring and diagnostic tools to test and adjust equipment.
- Create manuals and support documentation.
- Develop software for wireless technology.
- Monitor and analyze statistical and drive test data to improve system performance indicators such as dropped calls, blocked calls, origination failures, handoff features.
- Conduct capacity planning, GSM frequency planning and frequency hopping by applying carrier/interference (C/I) ratio analysis.
- Recommend site upgrade such as down tilling of antenna and re-orientation of radio additions.
- Support customers in the development, acquisition, and sustainment activities of complex RF systems used in Communications, Radar, and Electronic Warfare.
- Design and evaluation of up/down converters, and amplifiers, MMICs, MCMs, and TRMs.
- Reverse engineer legacy RF hardware systems to develop obsolesce plans, test procedures, and perform trade analysis.
- Conduct and develop Test & Evaluation plans for RF test stations and field test events for system/subsystem manufacturing and fleet support.
- Develop and present technical reports.
- Perform modeling and simulation of RF circuits and RF propagation
- Design radar phased array T/R module experience.
- Work with Agilent ADS, ANSYS HFSS, NI LabVIEW, and MatLab.
- Modeling Near-Field antenna patterns.
- Phase noise analysis.
- Demonstrate proficiency with MS tools.
- Perform other duties as assigned
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Qualifications
- 5-7 or more years' of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree (EE, Math or Physics desired). In some cases educational requirements may be adjusted for more than 9 years of applicable work experience.
- US Citizenship
- Active DoD Security Clearance or the ability to obtain one
Security Clearance
Secret
Must be a US citizen, currently hold and able to maintain a Secret clearance.
Security Clearance: None
Telework - Not Eligible
Diversity Statement
We are an EOE that values our employee's talent – regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion or other protected characteristics – Your Talent Is Our Strength .
Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Alion will provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans who need assistance to apply. Please visit the Alion Careers site for more information. U.S. Citizenship Required for the majority of our positions.
Covid Notice
A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.