RF Engineer III

heico; Camarillo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucix Corporation, a subsidiary of HEICO's Electronic Technologies Group, seeks an experienced RF Engineer III to lead RF product design and development for space-related systems. You will drive oscillator-focused design, perform system-level analysis, and mentor junior engineers while coordinating across engineering teams in California.

The role requires 5+ years in RF/MW, strong impedance matching knowledge, and proficiency with ADS or Microwave Office/AWR; OrCAD familiarity is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent required.
• Minimum 5 years in RF/MW industry with oscillator design knowledge.
• Strong RF theory knowledge and impedance matching expertise.
• Experience with RF simulation, design, test and realization.
• Proficient with ADS or Microwave Office/AWR; familiar with OrCAD.
• Experience in RF board-level design and lab testing.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and mentor juniors.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF product design and development with emphasis on oscillators.
• Analyze requirements and provide design trade-offs and proposals.
• Estimate costs, lead times, and development effort for quotes.
• Perform RF system and circuit design and testing of prototypes.
• Support analog control circuitry and temperature compensation.
• Ensure regulatory and environmental compliance throughout development.
• Create design documentation and BOMs; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

RF design

Requirements analysis

Trade-off discussions

Cost estimation

RF system design

Analog control circuits

Regulatory compliance

Method development

Prototype testing

Test data sheets

Technical judgment

Innovation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ADS

Microwave Office

AWR

OrCAD

Job description

Lucix Corporation, a subsidiary of HEICO's Electronic Technologies Group has steadily evolved to become the world leader in RF Active and Passive Units, Subsystems, and Assemblies, for Commercial, Civil and Defense Satellite Payloads. Lucix also provides RF hardware for Airborne and Ground Systems. All hardware is designed, qualified, manufactured, tested, and shipped from Lucix facilities in California, USA.

We are seeking an experienced RF Engineer III to join our Engineering team. The RF Engineer III is a technical expert that will lead as a project engineer for RF products including Oscillators, Central Power Supply Units (CPSUs), Frequency Converters, and Amplifiers for our commercial space customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of complex RF products with emphasis on oscillator products
• Analyze customer requirements and constraints
• Generate detailed design proposals for customers and provide expert-level advice on trade-off discussions for design concepts
• Estimate total costs, including material, labor, test and development costs as well as lead time for new products to be quoted
• Independently complete RF system and circuit design
• Support analog control circuitry designs for features including voltage regulation, gain control, automatic level control, and temperature compensation
• Perform detailed analysis of compliance for electrical, mechanical, environmental and regulatory requirements (compliance matrix) for all new products being quoted
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments
• Tune, Test, and Report on prototypes / engineering models
• Support Operations by creating test data sheets, supporting Integration and Test
• Provide clear, consistent technical judgment
• Invent new technologies
• Mentor junior engineers in areas of RF design and analysis
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent related experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in the RF/Microwave industry
• Demonstrated RF/MW oscillator design knowledge and competence working in several oscillator topologies with emphasis on ultra-low phase noise
• Command of RF principles and theories (RF signal cascade, impedance matching, amplifier topologies, multipaction, NF, stability, distortion, etc.)
• Extensive experience with the simulation, design, test, and realization of RF components
• Expertise in commercial RF / Microwave 2.5D, 3D simulation software (ADS or Microwave Office/AWR preferred)
• Expert understanding of RF board-level design (component selection/placement, shielding, microstrip, lumped element matching, distributed matching, etc.)
• Experience with RF laboratory equipment and RF test methods
• Experience in all phases of RF product development from proposal phase through production
• Experience with InP VCO design preferred
• Experience with Microwave circuit design through Ka-band frequencies preferred
• Experience leading multiple projects in different phases of completion
• Experience reviewing and creating design documentation (schematics, assembly drawings, BOMs, test procedures, etc.)
• Familiar with schematic capture (OrCAD preferred)
• Experience reviewing work of junior engineers and providing technical guidance (technical mentoring)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Able to evaluate Lucix processes and industry best practices to identify areas for improvement