RF Design Engineer – Avionics & Surveillance

Acron Aviation; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation is seeking a self-motivated Specialist RF Engineer to join the RF Design team. The office location for this role is Phoenix, Arizona, or Grand Rapids, Michigan, for full-time, in-person work.

The Specialist RF Engineer contributes to design activity across ACSS/Surveillance products including TCAS, transponder, and other RF functions. You will work with junior and senior engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical RF systems, from requirements analysis to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of RF design experience; graduate degree with 2+ years also acceptable.
• Minimum 4 years of RF design experience for fielded products, preferably commercial avionics.
• Academic background in electromagnetics and RF/microwave theory.

Responsibilities

• Derive RF hardware requirements from system specs.
• Detail functional blocks for surveillance architectures.
• Perform RF/analog circuit design from component to system level.
• Support design, analysis, testing, and qualification of RF electronics (DO-160/MIL-STD).
• Lead or collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to meet performance requirements.
• Present concepts, designs, and results to management and customers.

Skills

RF design

EM theory

S-parameters

Noise figure

System integration

RF hardware

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in EE

Graduate Degree in EE

Tools

HFSS

AWR Microwave Office

ADS

Job description

Acron Aviation is seeking a self-motivated Specialist RF Engineer to join the RF Design team. The office location for this role is Phoenix, Arizona, or Grand Rapids, Michigan, for full-time, in-person work.

The Specialist RF Engineer contributes to design activity across ACSS/Surveillance products including TCAS, transponder, and other RF functions. You will work with junior and senior engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical RF systems, from requirements analysis to