Principal RF Engineer

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SUMMARY:
As our Principal Satellite RF Engineer, you will be responsible for the detailed design and prototyping of RF circuits in satellite payloads and in ground terminals.

MUST HAVES:

• Analog RF
• Front End RF
• Altium or Cadence
• MWO or ADS or AWR
• Circuit Board Design

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Detailed design of RF circuits in satellite payloads and in electronically steered antennas (ESA).
• Selection and specification of components for RF circuits, including line amplifiers, HPA, LNA, mixers, cavity tuned band pass filters, microstrip and stripline printed components, high speed A/D and D/A converters, Terabit backplane switching and control components, power conditioning components, power and heat management components, hybrids, and ASIC.
• Model RF system behavior and validate RF system performance.
• Develop interfaces between RF circuits and antennas.
• Evaluate and test new components and technologies.
• Perform trade studies between cost and performance.
• Estimate the development time, NRE costs, and recurring costs for various RF circuits.
• Contribute to all phases of development life cycle (requirements definition, systems and circuit design, integration of RF and wireless circuits and systems, testing, and manufacturing activities).

EDUCATION & EXPERINECE:

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering
• RF engineer with a minimum of 10 years of broad experience doing RF/Analog circuit design and board layout using the relevant tools.
• Experience modeling, designing, and testing RF subsystems, preferably for satellite payloads.
• Expertise in RF front end design and integration of RF subsystems.
• Experience using HFSS, CST, ADS, Clarity, GRASP, GENESYS or similar RF simulation tools.
• Experience doing microwave analysis (and electrical analysis in general) using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with directional couplers, circulators, and other waveguide components.
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of mixed signal design.
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of modulation methods and modem capabilities.
• Ability to perform bench-level analog/power bring-up and troubleshooting using analog and digital test equipment like spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and vector signal generators.
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems.