Senior RF Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-orientedSenior RF Engineer to join our team in Crane, IN.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide programmatic and technical support to customer leaders

• Plan and execute technology maturation through the R&D lifecycle

• Translate user needs into detailed system needs and technical requirements

• Support acquisition source selection activities as an advisor

• Provide technical reviews and assessments of Advanced RF technology development efforts to include studies and hardware/firmware/software development at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture level

• Assist in identifying technology gaps, crafting technology development and transition plans, and define requirements and specifications

• Develop documents and briefings to communicate program status and strategic planning

• Provide support to programmatic, acquisition, and source selection processes

• Travel a minimum of 20%

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline with 10+ years of related experience OR a Master's degree with 5+ years of related experience OR PhD with 2+ years of related experience

• 10+ years of experience in tandem, providing engineering and analytical support during the design, development, test, production, fielding, and sustainment of cost-effective RF systems

• Knowledge of RF engineering principles such as linearity, Noise Figure, Gain, RF Amplifiers, and VSWR

• Knowledge or hands-on experience with RF modelling tools ADS and or AWR Microwave Office for use in circuit design and analysis and Ansys HFSS and or Dassault CST for HF component design

• Experience with RF modeling of systems, subsystems, and assemblies suggesting improvements or problem areas for further attention and be able to work with test design engineers to design and validate test fixtures and test protocols for verification and validation of RF circuit card assemblies

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have a current and active Secret clearance with ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations

• Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer