Principal RF Engineer

About the role

Leidos Defense Electrical Systems Department is seeking a talented Senior RF Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Huntsville, AL. The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technical growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, troubleshoot, and test RF exciters, transmitters, and receivers.
• Design, troubleshoot, and test RF PCBs, modules, and chassis across several high frequency bands (L-band, S-band, C-band, X-band, Ku-band, Ka-band).
• Collaborate with firmware/software engineers throughout the product lifecycle to develop application software and test equipment.
• Engage with manufacturing teams to employ DFM practices in product design, and resolve technical issues that are discovered during the manufacture and test of deliverable hardware.
• Integrate products into larger systems by working with system design teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical field.
• At least 12 years of experience in high-speed electronics design and/or RF hardware design or 10+ years with MS degree.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience in the design, test, and manufacture of analog/mixed-signal PCBs or integrated RF/microwave assemblies.
• Demonstrated expertise with radar and communications principles.
• Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods including use of network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc.
• Ability to perform in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience and/or working knowledge of developing exciter, transmitter, receiver and antenna subsystems, modeling, simulation, design verification testing, and characterization of RF circuits.
• MATLAB and/or Python experience simulating radar and communication signal processors.
• EMI/EMC mitigation.

Qualifications

• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

Skills

• Die-level / chip-and-wire technology.
• VPX/VNX, FMC/FMC+, Open System Architectures.
• Experience with high speed digital interfaces (JESD204B/C, PCIe, DDR5).

Benefits

Pay Range: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
Additional details about benefits can be found at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.