Sr Research Engineer-RF

Responsibilities

• Work with an interdisciplinary team to design, develop, and test of RF systems, including: transmitters, receivers, and antennas spanning high frequency (HF) to W-band (100 GHz) with minimal oversight
• Development of marketing and proposal material for new RF systems for government and commercial clients
• Modeling of RF systems using industry-standard design tools
• Collaboration with engineers across different domains, including: mechanical, optical, digital
• Documentation of system designs, schematics, test plans and procedures, and hardware development and test software
• Participation in field experiments and data collections

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years OR Master’s degree with 6+ years OR PhD with 3+ years of related experience in Electrical Engineering
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance required
• Knowledge of and experience with RF system design and modeling, including: radar sensitivity and resolution, RF link budgets
• Ability to lead and manage projects and tasks, including: development of schedules and budgets, resource allocation, and dependencies
• Proficiency in use of RF laboratory test equipment, including: spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, RF signal sources
• Ability to prepare and present technical content in a professional manner to customers and coworkers
• Ability to support occasional travel associated with meetings and/or data collections

Desired Skills

• System-level analysis and architecture development of RF systems, including: system and subsystem requirements generation, system specification, and trade studies
• Experience maturing prototype designs (TRL 4-6) to operational systems (TRL 7-9)
• Experience with business development and proposal writing
• RF printed circuit board design and debug
• Knowledge of Altium software is a plus
• Electromagnetic, antenna, and RF circuit modeling using industry-standard software
• Familiarity with Ansys HFSS, Keysight Genesys are pluses
• Phased array antenna systems: design, modeling, fabrication, testing
• Hardware integration and testing
• Experience with Matlab and/or Python; familiarity with Linux

Pay

The salary range is: $130,760-$194,505. Salary ranges will vary and are based on several factors, including geographic location, market competitiveness and equity amongst internal employees in similar roles. Positions may also qualify for SRI's Pay for Outstanding Performance program or the annual Performance Based Compensation program.

SRI also has a competitive benefits package, to view details please go to https://www.sri.com/resources/benefits/.

SRI is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., with a rich history of supporting government and industry. We create and deliver world-changing solutions for a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future. For more than 75 years, we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and develop groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and ideas to the marketplace.