Program RF Engineer

Working at MIT offers opportunities that just aren’t found anywhere else, including generous and unique benefits that help to ensure that MIT employees are healthy, supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work/life balance. We welcome people from all walks of life to bring their talent, ideas, and experience to our community. We strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds – like yours. If you want to be part of our exceptional, multicultural, collaborative, and inclusive community, then take a look at this opportunity. MIT provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the Institute reasonably expects to pay for a full time position at the time of posting (if you are applying for a part time salaried job, you will need to prorate the posted pay range). The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and applicable legal requirements. This pay range represents base pay only and does not include any other benefits or compensation. Program RF Engineer Job Number: 25954 Functional Area: Research - Engineering Department: Plasma Science and Fusion Center School Area: VP Research Pay Range Minimum: $73,000 Pay Range Maximum: $111,000 Employment Type: Full-Time Employment Category: Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available: No Schedule: Pay Grade: No Grade Posting Description PROGRAM RF ENGINEER, Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), will provide engineering support for the RF transmitter, associated power supplies, controls, and microwave systems supporting the High-Field-Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive experimentally based research project at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego. The position supports the implementation, operation, maintenance, testing, and improvement of RF transmitter systems, high-voltage power supplies, low-level RF systems, controls, and microwave diagnostics. The Program RF Engineer I will contribute to engineering design, modeling, analysis, system integration, troubleshooting, quality assurance, documentation, and technical recommendations to improve system performance and reliability; and work as part of a multidisciplinary team of physicists, engineers, technicians, students, General Atomics personnel, external collaborators, and vendors. The position may contribute to technical presentations, conference proceedings, and peer-reviewed publications. The full job description is available here: https://www.psfc.mit.edu/about/careers/ Job Requirements REQUIRED: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant high-level engineering/research experience; a minimum of two years of relevant experience in RF engineering, microwave systems, or a closely related engineering field; experience designing, testing, operating, and troubleshooting microwave transmission and receiver systems; experience with RF transmitters, microwave components, transmission lines, diagnostics, instrumentation, controls, or related systems; proficiency with CAD, circuit simulation, and RF analysis software; and ability to conduct engineering analysis, interpret technical data, identify potential problems, and contribute to practical solutions; and ability to prepare technical documentation, engineering reports, specifications, test plans, and operating procedures. The position is located at General Atomics, San Diego, CA. 8/11/2026