Senior RF Design Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

1d•$86,800 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

Effector RF Design Department is responsible for designing RF and Microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters. This includes design and test activities that span preliminary design to integration. Products we develop support radar and datalink applications on a variety of tactical missile programs. Critical to this role is designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments. This position is an onsite role, located in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
Minimum of five years of prior relevant experience
Experience with RF design and fabrication
Experience with RF testing and troubleshooting
Experience with the simulation of RF products
Experience with Mentor DX Designer or equivalent
Experience with High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent
Experience with SystemVue/Genesys or equivalent
Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

Mentorship or apprenticeship experience
Technical oversight responsibilities for less-senior engineers
Working across domains on complex projects
Architecting and requirements definition for complex RF products
Team leadership experience on technical projects including experience w/ cost and schedule
EVMS or CAM experience
Ability to prepare documentation with minimal oversight
Background in designing for manufacturability, producibility, and cost constraints. Includes yield and margin analysis
Technical background in Cascade analysis and/or frequency planning
Technical background in Filter design and fabrication
Technical background in Circuit card assembly design and fabrication
Technical background in Testing or designing RF hybrid (chip and wire) technologies
Technical background in High speed data converter test/characterization
Technical background in High power RF design or test experience
Scripting experience (Matlab or Python)
Some front line leadership desirable

Responsibilities

Design and development of transmitters, receivers or exciters
Design of circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals
Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization as well as module verification and integration
Test and handle sensitive RF Hardware
Schematic capture and RF routing
Partner with interdisciplinary teams - power, digital, mechanical, etc.