Senior Communications Engineer
Saalex · Lexington Park, Maryland, United States · Posted May 21, 2026
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Greenfield Engineering, a Saalex Company is seeking a Senior Communications Engineer in Patuxent River, MD to support the development, integration, testing, and fielding of advanced communications and avionics systems across Naval Aviation platforms.
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $130k-$170k annually (depending on experience)
Work Location: Full-time onsite (see onsite requirements below)
Position Overview
The Core Avionics Engineering Division is seeking an experienced Senior Communications Engineer with expertise in developing and integrating communications and datalink systems into military aviation platforms.
This role supports multiple PMA programs, contributing to the development, sustainment, and integration of RF communications, SATCOM, and datalink systems across their lifecycle.
Essential Functions:
Support analysis, integration, test, and design of communications systems across naval aviation platforms
Contribute to development and fielding of survival radios, beacons, and secure communications systems
Perform radio system integration and sustainment, including ARC-210 and E-6B platforms
Execute RF system configuration, testing, and evaluation, including waveform and antenna performance
Support datalink integration efforts for secure voice and tactical communications systems
Conduct engineering activities across the full lifecycle: design, acquisition, installation, test, evaluation, and modernization
Perform co-site analysis, link budgeting, and spectrum analysis
Support both line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications systems
Other duties as assigned or required.
Technical Areas of Expertise include:
RF communications systems and waveforms
Antenna theory, configuration, and evaluation
Link budgets and propagation analysis
Datalink integration (LINK 11, 16, 22; CDL; MIDS-JTRS)
UHF/VHF/HF communications systems (including ARC-210)
SATCOM systems (MUOS, INMARSAT, UHF SATCOM)
Secure communications and cryptographic systems
Error correction, spectrum management, and interference mitigation
Co-site analysis and TEMPEST considerations
Supported Systems & Technologies Include:
ARC-210 radios
Common Data Link (CDL)
HF / HF-IP / VHF / UHF communications
UHF SATCOM / MUOS
MIDS-JTRS
LINK 11, 16, 22
IBS, ICS
TSAT / SATURN, SARSAT, INMARSAT
RF/microwave components and communication subsystems