RF Design Engineer
Johns Hopkins APL · Laurel, MD · Electrical/Computer Engineering
About this role
Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with TypeScript.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Department
- Electrical/Computer Engineering
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
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Job description
from Johns Hopkins APL careersAre you passionate about providing real, immediate impact to the country’s toughest national security problems?
Do you love designing, building, and testing prototype radio frequency (RF) waveforms and systems?
Do you enjoy combining state-of-the-art antennas with cutting edge RF technology and digital signal processing to solve challenging communications problems?
If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.
We are seeking an RF Design Engineer to help us research, design, and deliver groundbreaking RF capabilities to our sponsors. You would be joining our team, which provides creative solutions and systems for Special Operations missions in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).
As a member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, testing, demonstrating, and delivering RF antennas and sensors as well as associated RF circuits, for systems that function throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Specific applications span several mission and research areas in the DoD and IC.
As an RF Design Engineer, you will...
- Stay up-to-date on the latest antenna, RF electronics, and signal processing innovations.
- Participate in and lead component- and system-level hardware design teams from 3 to 30 engineers.
- Develop hardware specifications and system requirements from high-level operational need statements.