Job summary
SAIC is seeking a RF Engineer a position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that will provide installation and integration support for C4I System racks and components for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF).
Responsibilities
- Demonstrated experience supporting the analysis and evaluation of Radio Frequency (RF) systems.
- Experience conducting Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) surveys before an installation to establish the current EMI baseline.
- Experience with post-installation surveys to determine any EMI changes after equipment installation.
- Experience preparing EMI Summary reports following each survey detailing all EMI findings and recommendations for improvement.
- Work with engineering for system design, software installation and equipment operational testing, and provide solutions for areas that might be in need of improvement.
- When in between segments of the project, work on construction of test cables and preparation for the next segment of the project.
- Review RF quality issues, report on findings, and then update documentation to reflect the approved corrective action.
- Maintain, repair, and perform functional communication circuit checks of Radio (UHF, VHF, HF, VSAT, UHF SATCOM, LINK-11/16), installed on ashore and afloat platforms of the RSNF.
- Use specialized test equipment and software controlled diagnostics to isolate malfunctions.
- Repair systems according to technical orders, manufacturer's handbooks and local procedures. Accomplish equipment modifications and installation according to engineering change plans.
- Repairs and troubleshooting down to component level to include ESD handling.
- Soldering using a 3M workstation or portable soldering iron. RF and Fiber optic cable termination and testing.
- Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
- Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts.
- Represent organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and two (2) years or more experience; or six (6) years of experience with a GED/HS degree.
- ACTIVE SECRET security clearance required.
- System hardware equipment installation, maintenance and repairs.
Desired requirements
- Radio (UHF, VHF, HF, VSAT, KVH SATCOM, NTDS/TADIL Data Links), Networking (Cisco IOS), UPS (APC, Clary), GPS, CENTRIXS, GCCS-M/J, ADSI, SY-117G, and RF7800 series radios.
- Repairs and troubleshooting down to component level to include ESD handling.
- Soldering using a 3M workstation or portable soldering iron.
- Familiarity with test and configuration of KG-250 and similar RF communication protection devices
- Fiber optic cable termination and testing.
- Familiarity with installation and configuration capabilities of the following software
- Microsoft Windows (Windows 7/10), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Visio), AutoCAD, ADSI, CENTRIXS, GCCS-M/J.
