Job#: 3047664 Job Description:Senior RF Hardware Engineer (Principal / Senior Principal)
Overview
Our client, a leading aerospace and defense technology organization, is seeking a
Principal or Senior Principal RF Hardware Engineer to support advanced radar and RF sensing systems. This individual will contribute as a technical lead or key team member within a hardware and RF engineering organization responsible for the integration, testing, analysis, and production support of complex RF subsystems.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in RF hardware, microwave systems, phased array technologies, and test engineering, with the ability to troubleshoot, analyze, and validate hardware performance throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Support RF hardware subsystem integration, test, analysis, and troubleshooting activities.
- Contribute as a hardware or RF technical lead, or support multidisciplinary hardware engineering teams.
- Analyze RF subsystem performance and ensure compliance with system requirements.
- Support laboratory, manufacturing, qualification, and production test activities.
- Perform data analysis and modeling using tools such as MATLAB and Python.
- Troubleshoot RF hardware and electronic assemblies to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Review and evaluate subsystem performance metrics including:
- Gain
- Effective Radiated Power (ERP)
- Sensitivity
- Third Order Intercept (TOI)
- Noise Figure
- RF path and subsystem health metrics
- Work within hardware test environments including:
- Component and subsystem test stations
- Automated test equipment (ATE)
- Near-field, far-field, compact range, and spherical near-field antenna test facilities
- Support Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) and qualification testing activities including:
- Test readiness reviews
- Environmental screening
- Data reviews
- Approval and release processes
- Participate in hardware development lifecycle reviews including:
- Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
- Detailed Design Reviews (DDR)
- Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
- Develop and review engineering documentation including:
- Technical specifications
- Interface control documents
- Hardware drawings
- Test procedures and reports
- Support engineering investigations and quality review processes related to hardware anomalies and failures.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance when appropriate.
Required Qualifications - Principal RF Hardware Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Microwave Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 5+ years of relevant experience, or:
- Master's degree with 3+ years of experience, or
- Additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Experience testing and troubleshooting RF hardware in laboratory, manufacturing, or production environments.
- Working knowledge of RF and microwave systems and hardware.
- Experience analyzing hardware performance and resolving technical issues.
- Ability to apply engineering principles to solve increasingly complex RF design and test challenges.
Required Qualifications - Senior Principal RF Hardware Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Microwave Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience, or:
- Master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or
- Additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Extensive experience testing and troubleshooting RF hardware and subsystems.
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering principles, RF test methods, and associated tools.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex RF/microwave hardware issues.
- Experience working in manufacturing, integration, or production environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher.
- Experience designing, integrating, testing, or troubleshooting RF hardware and subsystems.
- Ability to troubleshoot electronic assemblies to the component level.
- Experience using RF lab equipment, including:
- Spectrum analyzers
- Signal generators
- Oscilloscopes
- Network analyzers
- Experience with phased array, radar, or advanced RF sensing technologies.
- Hands-on experience with RF test systems and specialized RF test equipment.
- Experience troubleshooting hardware/software integration issues.
- Experience developing or utilizing software to control hardware test equipment.
- Experience with automated test scripting, data analysis, and signal processing.
- Experience leading or mentoring RF and hardware engineering teams.
Preferred Technical Skills
- Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar systems
- Phased array antenna technologies
- Receiver/exciter hardware
- RF test and measurement
- Data analysis using MATLAB and Python
- Hardware integration and verification
- Environmental and qualification testing
- Manufacturing test support
- Root cause and failure analysis
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