Sr RF Engineer

Sierra Nevada • Lone Tree, CO

84d • $143,487 - $197,294

About The Position

Are you ready to unleash your technical creativity? Dream, Innovate, Inspire and Empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination! As a Sr RF Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to design, develop, and test our complex products and technologies. These cover a very wide range from state of the art mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft to orbital and space exploration systems. You'll be responsible for Electronic Warfare (EW) systems analysis and design, radar propagation modeling and prediction, microwave path analysis, ELINT/SIGINT/ESM, and signal processing. The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations - with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Self-starter able to operate independently.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams.
• Effective, concise, clear verbal communication with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills for conveying complex technical concepts.
• Good business acumen to articulate ROI and construct a business case analysis.
• A minimum of 2-years design and development expertise with RF systems: Electronic Warfare, ELINT/SIGINT/ESM, Radar, Signal Processing.
• An active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

• Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry, US Department of Defense and/or US Military.
• Familiarity with preparation and development of project estimates, technical proposals, and project cost and schedule management.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary design and development team.
• Familiarity with technical baseline definition including trade studies and analysis of alternatives.
• Familiarity with tools and techniques for rapid RF system prototyping and Design for Manufacture (DFM).
• Experience with Ansys STK or AFSIM.

Responsibilities

• Join a multi-disciplinary team executing a portfolio of small-scale research and development projects.
• Deeply dive into a customer's problems and friction points.
• Quickly conceptualize possible solutions and apply engineering rigor to assess trades between possible solutions.
• Develop conceptual designs and articulate a realistic technical path to realizing a product.
• Lead a 1-2 year project for detailed concept refinement and prototype building.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%.
• Life insurance.
• 3 weeks paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees