# RF Engineer Sr Principal

Type of Requisition: RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess: NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: NonePublic Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)Job Family: IT Infrastructure and OperationsJob Qualifications: Skills: Analytical Tools, Radio Frequency (RF), Reporting and Analysis, RF SystemsCertifications: NoneExperience: 10 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: No Job Description: GDIT is seeking a Sr. Principal RF/Spectrum Systems Engineer to support Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) engineering for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In this high-impact role, you will lead the research, testing, evaluation, and spectrum analysis of cutting-edge UAS detection and mitigation technologies in active airport environments. This position uniquely bridges hands-on RF engineering, advanced systems analysis, and national policy development-directly influencing future FAA Advisory Circulars and aviation safety standards. Key Responsibilities RF & Radar Engineering Lead radar testing across L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka frequency bands using FMCW, pulse Doppler, and other waveforms (including Phased Array antenna technologies). Lead testing of mitigation device

- **Id**: 3922601
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-information-technology-rf-engineer-sr-principal>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Egg Harbor Township, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T14:01:37Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6584
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Digital Government, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, Systems Integrators

## Company

- **Id**: 4418
- **Name**: General Dynamics Information Technology
- **Domain**: gdit.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gdit>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 44
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.182
- **Repost share**: 0.023
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 147292
- **Max**: 199278
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 199278

## Technologies

- **JMP** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T16:19:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 14; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 21 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 21

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 199278
- **Is top pay**: no

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