Electrical Engineer

Brandes Associates Inc. • Leesdale, CA

134d • $120,000 - $180,000

About The Position

BAI, a defense contractor, is seeking a RF Design Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, analyzing, simulating, and validating RF and modulators, detectors, and fiber-coupled optics and linked communications/controlling components and subsystems, to work on a program at Point Mugu, CA. Opportunities for career advancement, excellent benefits and long-term stability are some of the advantages of our growing, employee-focused company.

Requirements

• 10 years’ experience as a system level engineer with a specialty as an RF Design Engineer
• 5 years of RF design experience
• Proficient in ADS, SystemVue, CST, FEKO, or similar tools
• Experience with telemetry, radar, communications systems
• Experience in evaluating and defining antenna design
• Knowledge of DSP concepts, modulation, I/Q waveforms
• Hands-on experience with VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
• Experience with FPGA design and integration, especially with modern FPGA’s such as those in Xilinx SoC’s (Versal, etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—verbal, non-verbal, written, and listening—for staff, customer, and organizational level communications, both formal and informal.
• Ability to work independently, self-starter.
• Working knowledge and use of Microsoft Office suite programs, MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Provide over-all System Level Engineering services
• Provide RF and Link capable solutions
• Perform link budget analysis for communication and radar systems
• Define and support the design of antennas, matching networks, RF front-end components (PAs, LNAs, mixers, filters)
• Provide technical input for remote platform & payload controls
• Use test bench equipment and simulation tools such as ADS, SystemVue, CST, FEKO for component and subsystem evaluation and modeling
• Develop and validate RF designs from schematic through layout to test
• Collaborate (and perhaps design) with FPGA/DSP/software teams for signal chain integration in Vivado/System Verilog
• Prepare design documentation, test plans, and review materials

Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement
• Excellent benefits
• Long-term stability

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees