Senior Principal RF Antenna and Radome Design Engineer
About The Position
The Effector RF Design Antenna & Radome team at Raytheon is seeking a talented Engineer to join our team in Tucson, AZ. The candidate will be responsible for leading and shaping antenna, radome, and antenna measurement system technology within the Company. The selected candidate will also be expected to lead teams, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and work with the Engineering organization to establish technology roadmaps, enable modernization, and contribute to general innovation. In addition, the candidate will work with government personnel and programs, and define and refine requirements to validate hardware compliance. The candidate will be responsible for providing guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to other employees across the business within the candidate’s areas of expertise. This position is an onsite role, located in Tucson, AZ.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 8 years of experience
- Experience leading antenna or radome designs through concept trades/studies, preliminary design, final design, and qualification.
- Experience with antenna or radome simulation and modeling with tools such as HFSS, CST, FEKO, SENTRi, PMM, and/or GRASP.
- Experience with antenna, radome, or sensor measurements within near or far field systems
- Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain special program access after start.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Science (MS) or PhD in Electrical Engineering
- Strong experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers.
- Strong experience designing and delivering conformal antenna designs
- Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive multiple technical execution plans
- Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment with positive interaction
- Demonstrated ability to put forth and drive technical execution plans
- Knowledgeable of management processes, such as IPDS, EVMS, etc.
- Experience presenting to Failure Review Board (FRB), Engineering Review Board (ERB), Change Control Board (CCB), Manufacturing Review Board (MRB), etc.
- Knowledge of near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
- Familiarity with complex threat environments and battlefields
- Experience designing seeker, datalink, flight termination, GPS and telemetry antenna systems
- Experience designing complex multi-layer radomes
- Background as a Cost Account Manager or Integrated Product Team Lead
- Proficiency with Python, MATLAB and/or other scientific programming languages
- Proficiency with high performance computing (HPC) environments and schedulers such as SLURM
Responsibilities
- Development and detailed design of antenna or radome hardware and requirements
- Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc.
- Work with antenna or radome manufacturing suppliers
- Analyze simulation and test data to verify performance to requirements
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
