Senior Advanced RF Electrical Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems • AZ-Scottsdale, AZ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior RF electrical engineer for Tactical Communications, you'll be a member of a cross functional team responsible for providing rapid prototype mission critical solutions to our customer community.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field.
• Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
• Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in high performance receiver designs requiring excellent sensitivity, adjacent channel rejection, and intermodulation distortion.
• Proficient using electrical engineering computer-aided design (CAD) tools and mixed Signal circuit analysis/design
• Ahead of technology trends, with background in test, troubleshooting, and reading circuit card schematics
• Motivated to drive innovation around design architectures, assembly, component selection, and electronics design
• Collaborative team player committed to ongoing professional development for yourself and others

Responsibilities

• RF Design & Product Development: Detailed circuit analysis and design, managing the physical build of circuitry and development
• RF printed circuit board (PCB) schematic and layout design
• 3D Electromagnetic design/analysis using tools such as Ansys HFSS, Momentum
• Hands-on lab work optimizing and evaluating RF circuits using state of the art tools and test equipment.
• Design and evaluation of RF front ends, IF sections, filters, phase-locked loops, AGC loops, synthesizers, power amplifiers, etc...
• Gain line up specification and analysis
• Design Automation Tools: ex. Keysight ADS, Cadence, Matlab, etc.
• Substantial contribution to: Analysis and/or definition of electrical requirements, RF performance, components, and interfaces.
• Plans or leads design documentation including worst case analysis, test plans, and test procedures
• Formulating, evaluating, implementing solutions to technical issues
• Technical reviews of peer work
• Evaluation of vendor capability

Benefits

• An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
• Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
• Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
• Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
• See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees