Senior RF Engineer

OSI Systems, Inc•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Continental Electronics Corporation is a leading provider of RF technologies and innovative solutions with over 75 years of proven performance. CEC has experienced significant recent growth and has established itself as the go-to supplier for a diversified product line supporting a wide spectrum of markets from commercial products, military customers, to space research laboratories. The Senior RF Engineer is an Individual Contributor, with proficiency in electrical engineering subjects such as RF, digital and analog design, who performs engineering work and applied research, development, and design of new state-of-the-art transmission and receive systems. The opportunity is targeted toward engineers who enjoy working in a systems environment as it includes designing multiple electrical elements of a product, interacting with mechanical and software team members, developing PCB and system requirements, and supporting system test teams.

Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar with 10 or more years of relevant experience
Deeply skilled at translating system level requirements to implementation
Extensive RF fundamental knowledge such as impedance matching, distributed systems, passive RLC and resonant circuits, noise, linearity, bandwidth and stability
Experience with mixed signal design, specifically one or more of the following: SoC/FPGAs, A/D Converters, Digital Down Converters, D/A Converters, Digital Waveform Generators, Mixed Signal CCAs, Mixed Signal Modules and Subsystems
Able to create schematics and wire lists
Excellent Problem-solving and lab debugging skills
Hands-on experience in RF tuning and using RF instruments
Experience with VLF/LF through X-Band transmitter and receiver design
Exceptional verbal and written skills and the ability to influence others for optimum interaction with project teams, management and customers as well as creating required technical documentation
Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic work environment with various concurrent projects and competing priorities
Must be US citizen and able to be approved for clearance within one year (per client requirements)
Some travel will be required

Responsibilities

Ideate and design critical capabilities needed for future product capabilities and cost reduction needs for transmit and receive solutions
Maintain a high level of technical competence and state-of-the-art awareness of ultra-high power RF communication systems
Support assessment of the feasibility of new business opportunities
Identify customer’s technical expectations and communicate to the project team
Perform detailed technical analysis and design at the subsystem or system level using tools such as Matlab/Simulink, RF Pathwave, Ansys HFSS, Spice, Feko, etc…
Provide technical expertise and leadership on programs, working in collaboration with the Program Manager and Project Engineering Lead, to mentor the development team to achieve the committed product functionality in the timeline of the agreed contract
Support all customer, contract and regulatory technical compliance
Support critical suppliers for evaluation of the supplier’s solution, and testing, in terms of being able to meet the customer and regulatory requirements at the proposal and/or project stages
Anticipate and manage technical risks on the projects and develop mitigation plans
Support site installations and troubleshooting as needed, as a system expert, in support of the Field Service Representative team
Champion & implement cross-team/intra-team collaboration and continuous improvement in product designs and engineering practices, with a mindset for subsystem reuse