RF Engineer III

Wencor Group; Camarillo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucix Corporation, a leader in RF units for space payloads, seeks an experienced RF Engineer III in California. Lead design of oscillators, CPSUs, frequency converters, and amplifiers for commercial space customers. Mentors engineers and drives RF product development from proposal to production.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in EE and 5+ years in RF/Microwave, proficiency with ADS or Microwave Office, and strong communication skills. Pay range listed and equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in RF/Microwave industry with oscillator design.
• Experience with RF board layout, impedance matching, and NF/stability.
• Proficiency with RF simulation, test, and realization.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF product design with focus on oscillator products.
• Analyze requirements and propose design trades.
• Create detailed design proposals and quotes with costs.
• Design RF system and circuits end-to-end.
• Support analog control circuits (voltage regulation, gain, LCL).
• Assess compliance for electrical/mechanical/environmental rules.
• Mentor junior engineers in RF design and analysis.
• Tune, test, and report on prototypes and models.
• Prepare test data sheets and support I&T.
• Develop new technologies and methods as needed.

Skills

RF design

Oscillator design

RF/microwave theory

S-parameter analysis

Team mentoring

Analog control circuits

PCB/top layout guidance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree 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

Requirements

• 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

Pay Range $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 / year

Pay Transparency

In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and Job promotions.

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by law.