RF & Digital PCB Design Engineer - Secret Clearance

The Judge Group; Town of Owego (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group seeks a PCB Design & Test Engineer to support RF and digital CCAs for advanced electronic systems. The role blends PCB design with hands-on lab testing, verification, and MATLAB-based test automation.

The ideal candidate has 4–6+ years of PCB design experience, hands-on hardware troubleshooting, and familiarity with RF test equipment; active Secret clearance is required. Siemens Xpedition or alternatives like Altium, Cadence, or PSpice are preferred.

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of PCB design experience.
• Experience with circuit card assembly (CCA) design, verification, and testing.
• Strong electronics troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Experience with RF test equipment such as Signal Generators, Vector Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analysers.
• Experience creating or modifying MATLAB scripts.
• Ability to work hands-on in a hardware laboratory environment.
• Understanding of digital and RF hardware systems.
• Active Secret Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Perform PCB design activities for RF and digital electronic assemblies.
• Support circuit card assembly (CCA) builds and integration efforts.
• Conduct engineering verification and engineering checkout of CCAs.
• Develop, modify, and maintain MATLAB scripts for test automation and data analysis.
• Perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of electronic circuit card issues.
• Execute hands-on testing using RF measurement equipment.
• Analyze test results and document findings.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test engineering teams.
• Support qualification and validation activities for Electronic Warfare-related products.
• Ensure compliance with engineering processes, quality standards, and ESD procedures.

Skills

PCB design

RF test equipment troubleshooting

MATLAB scripting

Hands-on hardware lab work

Active Secret clearance

Tools

Siemens Xpedition

Altium Designer

Zuken

Cadence Allegro

PSpice

MATLAB

Job description

The Judge Group seeks a PCB Design & Test Engineer to support RF and digital CCAs for advanced electronic systems. The role blends PCB design with hands-on lab testing, verification, and MATLAB-based test automation.

The ideal candidate has 4–6+ years of PCB design experience, hands-on hardware troubleshooting, and familiarity with RF test equipment; active Secret clearance is required. Siemens Xpedition or alternatives like Altium, Cadence, or PSpice are preferred.