Senior Associate RF Engineer II

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of state-of-the-art, RF/microwave receivers, frequency-converters and related products for SIGINT, EW and radar applications.
• Participate in the design, analysis, integration, and test of RF/microwave circuitry operating through at least 18 GHz using SMT components and PCB substrates.
• Aid in requirements analysis, frequency planning, and subsystem-level architecture development under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Contribute to the development of high-performance RF systems with challenging requirements for bandwidth, dynamic range, noise figure, etc.
• Serve as an individual RF/MW design contributor and support engineer for key design projects.
• Support schematic capture, simulations, PCB layout review, integration, and troubleshooting activities.
• Perform RF testing, data analysis, and documentation of design results.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and 2 years related experience in the area of RF/microwave circuit design.
• Experience performing top-level requirements analysis and design of system architecture, allocating functional requirements for sub-assemblies.
• Experience in design of RF/MW circuitry through at least 18GHz using SMT components on PCB substrates.
• Hands-on design experience in PCB-based design of RF/MW circuitry supporting receivers and frequency converters to 18GHz and beyond.
• Familiarity with receiver/frequency converter system design, including frequency planning and spur analysis, RF/MW filter technologies, cascade GNIP analysis, MW mixers, frequency generation using PLL ICs, and design trade-offs.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor as well as with a diverse group of engineering disciplines.
• Familiarity with computer design tools including Keysight Genesys, OrCad, MATLAB, PSPICE, or other tools.
• Ability to obtain security clearance.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Wide bandwidth, high dynamic range, super-het receiver design experience is desired.
• Additionally, experience in mmW frequency range design, wideband digitization, and low SWaP design is helpful.

Pay

$105,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year.

Schedule

Onsite in Sparks, MD with a 9/80 schedule. Every other Friday OFF.