Principal Radio Frequency Engineer

About the role

Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies. From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

Responsibilities

• Involved with design, build, and test of cutting-edge analog and mixed-signal devices such as amplifiers, filters, and ADCs.
• Contribute to RF requirements analysis, definition, and management.
• Conduct functional analysis, performance analysis (e.g. Instantaneous Dynamic Range, Noise Figure, Pass Band Response, etc.), interface analysis, and definition for the design, integration, and verification of RF components, equipment, and systems.
• Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget.
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems, or subsystems.
• Ability to complete a technical project independently.
• Mentor and coach other engineers.
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable.
• Provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments.
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements.
• Analyze designs as necessary.
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems, and services.
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements.
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks.
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required.