Principal RF Design Engineer
About The Position
The Effector RF Design Department designs RF and microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters, for radar and datalink applications on tactical missile programs. The work spans preliminary design through integration and involves designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments. This onsite position in Tucson, Arizona, focuses on RF hardware design, development, testing, and integration. The engineer will design RF or mixed-signal circuit card assemblies, characterize components, verify and integrate modules in a laboratory, handle sensitive RF hardware, perform schematic capture and RF routing, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and at least eight years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience with RF design and fabrication.
- Experience with RF testing and troubleshooting.
- Experience simulating RF products.
- Experience with Mentor DX Designer or an equivalent tool.
- Experience with High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or an equivalent tool.
- Experience with SystemVue/Genesys or an equivalent tool.
- Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) or an equivalent tool.
- Ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance before the start date, with the ability to obtain special program access after starting.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Mentorship or apprenticeship experience.
- Technical oversight responsibilities for less-senior engineers.
- Experience working across domains on complex projects.
- Experience architecting complex RF products and defining their requirements.
- Technical project team leadership experience, including cost and schedule responsibilities.
- EVMS or CAM experience.
- Ability to prepare documentation with minimal oversight.
- Background in designing for manufacturability, producibility, and cost constraints, including yield and margin analysis.
- Technical experience in cascade analysis and/or frequency planning.
- Filter design and fabrication experience.
- Circuit card assembly design and fabrication experience.
- Experience testing or designing RF hybrid (chip and wire) technologies.
- High-speed data converter testing or characterization experience.
- High-power RF design or testing experience.
- Scripting experience with Matlab or Python.
- Some frontline leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop transmitters, receivers, or exciters.
- Design circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals.
- Work in a laboratory to characterize components and verify and integrate modules.
- Test and handle sensitive RF hardware.
- Perform schematic capture and RF routing.
- Partner with interdisciplinary teams, including power, digital, and mechanical disciplines.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance based on candidate eligibility.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability.
- Long-term disability.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee assistance program.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off.
- Holidays.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
