RF Design Engineer

Battelle•Columbus, OH

106d•Hybrid

About The Position

Battelle is seeking a Radio Frequency Design Engineer to support the Ravenstar program, focusing on the planning, execution, and analysis of laboratory and field testing for advanced RF, electronic warfare (EW), and communications systems. The position is located at Battelle Headquarters in Columbus, OH. The RF Engineer will be responsible for development of complex RF/microwave systems, for utilization in Communications and Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions. The applicant must have extensive experience in microwave design techniques, FPGA and embedded system development, radio signal processing, simulation tools and microwave test equipment. 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).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field with 5 years of experience or master’s degree in related field with 2 years of experience.
5+ years of experience related experience in the skills below:
Microwave/RF system, subsystem and component analysis, design, prototyping and integration
MATLAB modeling and analysis of RF channels, EBS patterns, and DSP systems.
FPGA and embedded system development.
Development of Software Defined Radio (SDR).
Experience with microwave test equipment such as vector network analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, noise sources, multimeter, and signal sources
Technical writing for proposals, white papers, test plans and reports
US citizenship is required and the ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Nice To Haves

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
Familiarity with the setup and operation of military communication and EW equipment
Current US Government Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Ability to work independently, as well as direct and coordinate work of multi-disciplinary engineering teams to assure the successful development of RF systems.
Engineering design process development and maturation
Customer and sub-contractor coordination
Leading the creation of technical content for proposals and white papers
Create technical documentation, test plans and reports
Conduct experiments and testing in both a laboratory and field environment