Senior​/Principal, R&D Extreme Environment RF Design Engineer, Hybrid

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Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to a highly motivated team focused on delivering qualified electronic components to a national security mission? The Advanced RF ICs and Microsystems department (5255) is seeking an experienced R&D Microwave and Sensor Engineer to design, fabricate, test, qualify and deliver custom‑designed microwave components. The selected candidate will assume a key role within a team that interfaces across technology developers and application customers to improve system performance through new understanding and integration in a broad range of technologies that include custom RF, analog and mixed signal components (semiconductor and piezoelectric) for Radar, communication, IoT, solid‑state electronic devices, high‑speed interconnect and integration, and devices that exploit new nanoscale materials and physics.

• Plans, conducts, and executes Sandia’s science and engineering programs within the spectrum of fundamental research, development, or demonstration.
• Lead designs within our internal radiation‑hardened technologies as well as innovative external foundries.
• Use circuit modeling tools to design analog or RF integrated circuit components for transceivers including modeling of active integrated circuits, electromagnetic filters, transmission lines, and/or antennas using dielectrics and/or lithographically defined metals.
• Review/Write specifications for RF components used in radar systems.
• Specify fabrication steps to build custom‑designed printed circuit boards to test integrated circuit components.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts of analog or RF circuits in a modern, well‑equipped electronics lab.
• Understanding electronic equipment to measure slew rate, gain, stability, phase noise, jitter, s‑parameters, power output, P1dB, PSat, noise figure, modulation quality (EVM), or sensitivity.
• Ability to effectively instruct technologist and junior engineers to test and characterize new devices in a variety of technology nodes/processes.
• Characterize custom‑designed RF components and modules over voltage, temperature, and environmental stresses.
• Play a key technical role in developing new ideas and proposals for research activities including junior staff.
• Communicate results and findings to peers and sponsors through presentation, and peer‑reviewed publications.

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

$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…