RF Hardware Engineer II

Comtech Ef Data•Chandler, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The RF Hardware Engineer II will be responsible for designing radio frequency (RF) and intermediate frequency (IF) elements of next generation satellite modems.

Requirements

Understand the architecture and design tradeoffs impacting wireless communications, such as noise figure, phase noise, spurious, harmonics, flatness, and adjacent channel interference.
Strong L-band design experience. Higher frequencies desirable
Experience with amplifiers, local oscillators, filters, impedance matching, ADC, DAC interfaces, as well as quadrature and direct RF modulation and demodulation
RF schematic and layout
RF circuit simulation tools, and PCB trace signal integrity modeling (ADS, Genesys, Spice, etc.)
Use of laboratory measurement tools (spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, vector network analyzer, source signal analyzer, etc.)
RF Board bring-up and debugging
Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-disciplinary, cross functional and matrixed teams
3+ years of RF design experience.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge with SATCOM waveforms and satellite communications
Working knowledge of L-band interface standards and WGS modem / terminal certification requirements
Phase noise measurement and analysis
RF Isolation / EMI mitigation experience
Possess an active DoD clearance or demonstrate readiness to obtain one

Responsibilities

Design, develop, document RF hardware designs including: L-band intermediate frequency design integrated on PCBs
Schematics design and layout
Component selection
System bring-up performance testing and optimization
High-speed PCB trace signal integrity simulation and analysis
Utilize strong communication skills to effectively work and communicate with team members and engineering management.

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