Product Line Lead (Radar)

Key Responsibilities

• Capture & Proposal Support
  • Support business development in shaping and winning new opportunities
  • Lead preparation of proposals and RFIs, ensuring strong technical approach, product positioning, and alignment with customer needs
• Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Cook up alignment and timely execution of product plans
  • Coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, business development, supply chain, to ensure alignment and timely execution of product plans
• Product Lifecycle Leads or Supports
  • Multi-disciplinary project teams for production transition, and/or internal development efforts with significant autonomy delegated by the market segment lead
• Product Line Strategy
  • Define and maintain a product roadmap aligned with customer needs, emerging threats, and company capabilities

Qualifications

• Required Education and Experience
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Experience with RF devices such as amplifiers, attenuators, phase shifters, and mixers
  • Experience with RF signal budget analysis for system metrics such as gain, noise figure, and power
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and programs
  • Experience working with interdepartmental teams (e.g., program management, contracts, engineering) to align technical execution with strategic objectives and contractual requirements
  • Strong analytical and hardware troubleshooting skills
  • Proficiency in a technical programming language such as Python
  • Proficiency with RF test equipment including network analyzers and spectrum analyzers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to customers, peers, and management
  • Experience with printed circuit board layout and assembly (especially Altium Designer)
  • Up to date with advancements in RF technology and industry trends, and incorporate relevant innovations into our design processes
• PREFERRED Education And Experience
  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • RF front-end design
  • Antenna design and testing
  • Electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS, FEKO, CST, or Microwave Office
  • Phased Arrays: Proven experience with phased array antenna systems, including design, integration, or operational use
  • RF Systems: Strong knowledge of RF systems and digital signal processing, with familiarity in electronic attack and electronic defense techniques

About FIRST RF

• We are an energetic team empowered with world-class facilities and resources.
• We promote a culture which prioritizes innovation and responsiveness.
• By making bold investments in the development of groundbreaking technologies, FIRST RF has fielded award-winning products ranging from revolutionary passive antennas to highly complex, active antenna systems.

Benefits Summary

• All employees receive four weeks of PTO each year, flexible scheduling, hybrid work, tuition reimbursement, up to 6% 401(k) match, and healthcare, dental, and vision plans.

AAP/EEO Statement

• We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, assignment, re-assignment, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, and termination.
• The Company prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
• We support protected veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.