RF Design Engineer II

RTX•Huntsville, AL

7d•$68,900 - $131,100•Onsite

About The Position

Effector Guidance Electronics is responsible for designing RF and Microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters. This includes design and test activities that span preliminary design to integration. Products we develop support radar and datalink applications on a variety of tactical missile programs. Critical to this role is designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments. We are looking for candidates willing to collaborate, innovate, and team with our engineers to generate and utilize today’s cutting-edge technology.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of two years of prior relevant experience
Experience to include any combination of the following: RF design and fabrication
RF test and troubleshoot
Simulation of RF products
Experience with any of the following tools: Mentor DX Designer or equivalent, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent, SystemVue/Genesys or equivalent, Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Working across domains on complex projects
Ability to prepare documentation with minimal oversight
Technical background in some of the following areas: Cascade analysis and/or frequency planning
Filter design and fabrication
Circuit card assembly design and fabrication
Testing or designing RF hybrid (chip and wire) technologies
High speed data converter test/characterization
High power RF design or test experience
Scripting experience (Matlab or Python)

Responsibilities

Design and development of transmitters, receivers or exciters
Design of circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals
Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization as well as module verification and integration
Test and handle sensitive RF Hardware
Schematic capture and RF routing
Partner with interdisciplinary teams - power, digital, mechanical, etc.