Senior​/Principal R&D Microwave & Sensor Engineer, Onsite

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• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
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• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
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• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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Are you driven by a passion for innovation and eager to leverage state-of-the-art facilities to tackle complex challenges? Do you want to be part of a diverse team dedicated to addressing critical national interests? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as a Radar System Engineer! While others only dream of the future, we dare to realize it.

Don’t miss out on an extraordinary unique opportunity at Sandia unlike any other place to gain experience for a national priority. Why not join us? We want you to be a part of our innovative and collaborative team and make an impact on the nation and the world!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to engage in a variety of exciting tasks, including:

• Test Radar hardware in a laboratory environment
• Design, analyze, and develop RF/microwave circuits, subsystems, and modules
• Discuss technical and programmatic requirements with customers
• Deliver hardware within schedule and budgetary constraints

Due to the nature of the job, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.

$114,000 - $227,500

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q‑level security clearance.

The ideal R&D S&E Microwave and Sensor Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Laboratory skills and knowledge of RF and digital test equipment.
• Knowledge of RF, Digital Communications, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber Security systems and principles.
• Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, interdisciplinary, teaming environment.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Experience with design and characterization of Ku‑band RF systems
• Experience in one or more of the following subject areas:
  • RF/microwave circuit or system design
  • Commercial RF/microwave circuit simulation in ADS, Microwave Office, Genesys, SENTRI, IE3D, MATLAB, or other programming languages (C/C++, Python, Java, Fortran)
  • LabVIEW
  • Teststand
• Use of RF/microwave test equipment (network analysis, spectrum analysis, and noise measurement
• Experience in the design, fabrication, and testing of:
  • RF communications architectures
  • RF frontends
  • Low noise amplifiers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Phase‑locked loops and synthesizers
  • Mixers, filters, or other RF components
• Experience in RF circuit layout and RF PCB manufacturing techniques
• Ex…