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Principal RF Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Rolling Meadows, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
DPP is seeking a Principal RF Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing industry.
Work location: Onsite in Rolling Meadows IL
Duration: 4 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Work authorization: US Citizen; must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance
Position Summary:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01089).
DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D
Work location: Onsite in Rolling Meadows IL
Duration: 4 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Work authorization: US Citizen; must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance
Position Summary:
- The Principal RF Engineer 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 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 can be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level.
- Bachelors degree in STEM field with a minimum of 5 years of electronics design experience or Masters 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 required.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Bachelors degree in STEM field with a minimum of 8 years of electronics design experience or Masters 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 required.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- 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 DxDesigner 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.
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01089).
DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D
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