Senior​/Principal RF​/Microwave Engineer - Advanced RF Applications, Onsite

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Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

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Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Advanced RF Applications department (5376) is seeking a highly motivated RF/Microwave Engineer to join its team. This position focuses on providing specialized RF engineering expertise, particularly in applied electromagnetics. You will be involved throughout the research, development, and fielding lifecycle. You will be joining a multi-discipline, success oriented high-performance team. Our sponsors consist of intelligence community (IC), special operations forces (SOF), and Department of War (DOW) organizations, who count on us to deliver high-impact solutions to their evolving and most pressing national security challenges.

Projects range from urgent, quick-reaction requests in response to time-sensitive, real-world driven needs to longer term (1-3 year) efforts.

The ideal candidate will possess strong teamwork skills and a background in electronics engineering (RF, analog, digital) within size, weight, and power (SWaP) constrained systems.

On any given day, you may be called upon to:

Contribute to the conceptualization, requirements development, circuit design, modeling/simulation, testing, and delivery of high-impact RF solutions

Collaborate on and develop mixed-signal (RF, analog, digital) electrical designs for special communication systems

* Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$117,500 - $235,700

* 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.

Qualifications We Require:

A 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 acquire and maintain a DOE Q clearance and SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph.

Qualifications We Desire:

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:

Proven ability to work successfully within a multidisciplinary team, partner effectively across organizations, as well as understand and work across a diverse set of technologies and capabilities

Experience in designing and synthesizing RF and microwave circuits

Experience in mixed signal digital and analog circuit design

Experience in printed circuit board design/layout including high frequency design

Experience in a hardware electronics laboratory environment including:

Use of general test and measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, logic analyzers)

RF test equipment (network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters)

Probe testing/troubleshooting of RF/microwave, analog, and digital circuits

Experience with RF/microwave design tools (HFSS, CST, ADS, Genesys, etc.)

Experience or familiarity in one or more of the following areas:

Digital Communications, Electronic Warfare, Radar and/or systems and principles

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems and principles

Modeling, design, and tuning of unique…