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Engineer Hardware 3 with Security Clearance

TASC Technical ServicesRolling Meadows, IL🇺🇸United StatesPosted 8 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This on-site Principal RF Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to full lifecycle product development using cutting-edge technologies, with a competitive hourly rate of up to $100. You'll thrive here if you have a strong background in RF/analog circuit design, prototyping, and a US citizenship with at least an interim Secret clearance. Apply now to leverage your expertise and grow your career in a dynamic engineering environment.

Quick Overview

Salary
$100/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
On Site
Location
Rolling Meadows, IL, United States
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

SR RF Principal; Engineer Location: Rolling Meadows.

Duration: 3 Months Rate: Up to $100.00/hr BOE Secret Clearance Required The Principal RF/Sr. Principal RF 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 Northrop Grumman 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 will be full-time and on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL. Location This position can be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level:

Basic Qualifications for Principal RF Engineer

  • Bachelors degree in STEM field with a minimum 5+ years of electronics design experience or MS 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 Citizens hip • Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Basic Qualifications for Sr.

Principal RF Engineer: • Bachelors degree in STEM field with a minimum 8 years of electronics design experience or MS 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 • Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications: • 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 Join the TASC Technical Services team, with 30 years of excellence in the staffing industry!

We offer competitive benefits including health care plans, a 401k plan with company match, and a weekly paycheck with direct deposit. Additionally, we follow all state and federal guidelines for compensated time off. TASC Technical Services is an

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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