Sr. RF Engineer

We are looking for a detail-oriented and innovative Sr. RF Engineer to support business development by analyzing customer and market requirements, comparing them against company capabilities, and recommending new developments. This role also involves sustaining engineering activities and designing new ground-based and airborne microwave and millimeter-wave up-converters, down-converters, and solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs). Strong problem-solving skills, technical expertise, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team are essential.

• Product definition: requirements, functions and features, specification, and design objectives of RF assemblies
• Configuration, Preliminary and detailed design of RF assemblies including analysis and simulation of RF performance
• Oversight of creation of subassembly test plans and procedures
• Oversight and participation in integration, test, and qualification of new products and product upgrades
• Evaluate customer requirements as they apply to upconverter and downconverter capabilities.

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Key Competencies:

• 10 + years of experience with RF circuit design, simulation, prototyping and testing for frequencies ranging from L-band through Ka-band
• RF circuit layout and drafting
• Documentation of product test procedures
• Transfer of products from Engineering to Manufacturing
• Follow new technology and research developments in industry and academia
• Follow new products and developments from competitors

Requirements:

• B.S. in Engineering or Physics with at least 10 years’ experience in RF/microwave communications systems, component design, test and verification, or M.S. and at least 6 years’ experience
• Experience with RF/microwave circuit design and test
• Analysis and design of frequency conversion components (upconverters and downconverters)
• Facility with microwave circuit tools such as Microwave Office
• Facility with electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS
• Analysis and design of microwave/millimeter-wave Power Amplifiers
• Analysis and design of linearizers
• Experience with project management, and facility with work breakdown structures, schedules, and tools such as MS Project