About the position
Battelle is seeking a Radio Frequency Design Engineer to work in the Electronic Warfare group within the National Security Division. The position is located at Battelle Headquarters in Columbus, OH. The RF Design Engineer will be responsible for participating in the development of complex RF systems, instruments, and components for utilization in cyber and Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions. The applicant should have demonstratable experience with RF designs implemented at a circuit board level integrated into larger systems via a combination of experience, coursework, internships and personal projects. This position will work closely with antenna engineers on state-of-the-art phased array antennas, requiring a solid foundational understanding of antenna design and phased array applications including Electronic Beam Steering (EBS) and Direction Finding (DF). A successful candidate will be capable of assisting in the creation of technical presentations and reports, working near-autonomously on under-defined problems, and participating in client interactions and field tests.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design of complicated RF prototype systems, including phased array antenna and wideband transceiver system.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to successfully develop photonic systems and assemblies.
- Participate and foster the collaborative team culture of design through rigorous and iterative modeling, simulation, and measurement.
- Participate in peer mentorship of other junior engineers in areas of advanced personal competency.
- Help assess and improve current engineering design processes.
- Customer and sub-contractor coordination.
- Participating in the creation of technical content for proposals and white papers.
- Assist in the authoring of technical documentation, test plans and reports.
- Conduct experiments and testing in both a laboratory and field environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
- Ability to obtain/maintain a government security clearance (Must be a Sole US Citizen).
- Expertise in RF hardware design concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Experience with the full hardware cycle from design and simulations to testing and validation.
- Experience with RF test equipment such as: power meters, signal sources, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and vector network analyzer (VNAs).
- Proficiency with RF circuit simulation tools (e.g. Keysight Genesys).
- Ability to understand the principles, theories and concepts of RF and Microwave frequencies.
- Knowledge of antenna design and testing required.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills required.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in electrical engineering.
- Experience with 3GPP 5GNR and O-RAN system design, integration, and test.
- Experience with VITA-49 system design, integration, and test.
- Familiarity with mobile cellular network equipment, deployment and industry practices.
- Design, integration, and evaluation of Active Electronically Steered Antennas (AESAs).
- Design of RF/microwave Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and Card Carrier Assemblies (CCA).
- Experience with electromagnetic simulation and modeling tools such as HFSS, CST, ADS, Genesys and/or AWR.
- ECAD design experience using software suites such as Cadance Virtuoso and Allegro, and Altium Designer.
- Experience with Software Defined Radios (SDR), including writing software for SDRs and integrating SDRs into RF systems.
- Creating and utilizing RF/microwave link budgets.
- Familiarity with the setup and operation of military communication and EW equipment.
- Exposure to various RF and SATCOM systems.
- Experience in documenting technical work and results, i.e., writing lab reports and data analysis.
- Current US Government Security Clearance.
Benefits
- Flexible, compressed work schedule allowing for every other Friday off.
- Hybrid work arrangement with 60% in-office and 40% remote options.
- Paid time off to support work-life balance.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives.
- Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company contributions.
- Tuition assistance for higher education.
