Lead RF Systems Engineer

Job Description

The Aerospace EDS team designs, develops, and delivers high‑reliability electromagnetic and RF‑based solutions that protect aircraft, pilots, and missions across defense, space, and national security platforms.

As part of our dynamic engineering development team, you will apply broad technical knowledge and skills in various scientific/technical disciplines for the design, analysis, planning, and development of major subsystems and small‑scale systems. Systems are primarily in the RF Electronic Warfare (EW) business area that includes Radar Warning, Situational Awareness, Interferometry/Direction Finding, Electronic Attack, as well as Self‑Protect RF Counter Measures including on‑/off‑board systems.

Individuals are expected to draw upon their ingenuity and RF engineering principles to help deliver leading‑edge defense systems for the air, on land, and  Engineer must have a propensity to create system architectures or top‑level designs and perform simulations/circuit analysis for system‑level requirements. Must be capable of performing trade‑based studies on performance, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability goals. This could include any combination of technical research, test, documentation, and presentation.

The Systems Engineer works closely with other engineering disciplines and provides technical insight and leadership to ensure that designs achieve "best value" goals of meeting performance and life cycle requirements within allocated budget and schedule constraints.

• Requirements development/management including derivation/decomposition
• Define top‑level system architectures using functional elements of a system; RF amplification, antenna, power, mechanical, digital/analog, I/O, SW/FW Requirements development/management including derivation/decomposition
• Generate block/flow diagrams, interconnection drawings (ICDs), wire lists
• Conduct trade analysis, architectural studies, and performance modeling
• Generate models or simulations aiding in predicted performance for compliance
• Recommend, plan, lead, review, and identify risks for R&D efforts;
  Integrate and test modules or subsystems in various laboratory or field environments
• Propose technical (re‑) solutions and their impact on cost, schedule and risk
• Generate technical content for submission and/or briefing to internal/external stakeholders
• Innovate designs/processes to improve offerings thru participation or leading of customer funded projects or research and development (R&D)
• Occasional domestic travel to support government/industry sponsored activities; industry days, CONOP exercises, technical interchange

MUST HAVE:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, RF systems, Physics or equivalent experience
• 8 or more years of hands‑on technical work experience with RF component exposure
• Minimum 2 years of recent experience in requirements management/development (tools such as DOORS, Jama)
• 8 or more years of experience working with RF/microwave concepts & terminology; dB, dBm, EIRP, G/T, Noise Figure, P1dB, VSWR
• Minimum 5 years of experience with frequencies from microwave to millimeter wave (2 to 40 GHz)

• Familiarity with model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) methodology (e.g. CATIA)
• Designed to and/or specified requirements for EW, radar, or communication systems
• Laboratory experience with test equipment (e.g. network analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, etc.)
• Twelve (12) plus years of RF technical work, primarily in the EW, Defense, or Aerospace industry Knowledge of RF/microwave principles and subsystem analysis methodologies working with receivers, transmitters, or antennas Worked with frequencies from microwave to millimeter wave (1 to 74 GHz)
• Good knowledge of circuit design fundamentals, electronic components, or schematic capture (e.g. Altium) Integration, validation & verification experience for system compliance determination
• Experience programming with MATLAB or other scripting language (Python), simulation tools (AWR, ADS, HFSS, or CST) Strong verbal communication skills with ability to present data and explain results to key stakeholders

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