RF/Microwave Design Engineer

Acro Service Corp; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Acro Service Corp in the United States seeks experienced RF engineers in antennas, electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design, and digital beamforming to join a diverse team building innovative systems across programs.

The role involves testing RF hardware, troubleshooting LRUs/CCAs, and collaborating across hardware and software teams. A bachelor’s in engineering and an active Government Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline with RF design/test experience.

Responsibilities

• Test and troubleshoot RF hardware including LRUs and CCAs.
• Perform subsystem analysis from RF to digital domains.
• Support performance testing and verification against requirements.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to integrate RF subsystems.

Skills

RF engineering

Antenna design

Electromagnetics

Digital beamforming

MATLAB

Python

Git

Troubleshooting

RF measurements

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Oscilloscope

Spectrum analyzer

Data analysis

Git

Job description

We are seeking experienced RF engineers in the following areas: Antennas, Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, RF/Microwave design, Digital beamforming, Hardware/Subsystem Integration and Test, and Antenna Control Design.

The qualified candidate will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers developing innovative and cost-effective systems that support a broad range of products and business areas across the lifecycle of a program. Applicants should possess the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.

What you'll get to do:

Responsibilities may include testing and troubleshooting Line Replacement Unit (LRU) and Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) of RF architecture, recommend data driven requirements threshold adjustments, perform subsystem analysis including hardware from RF to digits, support for performance testing, requirements verification, and more.

Experienced applicants will have at least a bachelor’s degree in science or other related technical degree or have equivalent experience testing and troubleshooting, integration, designing, developing and/or testing radio frequency (RF) with or without digital. Candidates would have the ability to troubleshoot complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.

In addition, this candidate should have demonstrated technical ability/leadership and expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• RF and/or digital hardware test and/or troubleshooting
• Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level.
• Integrated Receiver Exciter Assemblies (IREX)
• Highly integrated subsystems including receiver exciter hardware
• RF Performance Analysis
• Computational Electromagnetics, Statistics
• Subsystem Control Design
• RF Measurements and Data Reduction
• Integration and test of RF assemblies
• Subsystem requirements (hardware and software) derivation, flow-down, and configuration
• Comfortable creating test support applications and tools using MATLAB, python, etc.
• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Git
• Active Interim Secret or higher clearance.

This role can be filled by either an Engineer or Principal Engineer as listed below.

This role is for the 3rd shift. The 3rd shift schedule is as follows: 9PM to 4:59AM Monday through Friday.

This role is contingent upon candidates having a current, active Government Secret Clearance.

Basic Qualification for Engineer:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 2 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 0 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A current, active Government Secret clearance is required
• Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
• Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment
• Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment
• Experience troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience in the areas described in the job description above. 3 years of experience with a Masters Degree. An additional 4 years of experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A current, active Government Secret clearance is required
• Expertise Testing and Troubleshooting in a Manufacturing Environment
• Demonstrate problem solving skills to a variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
• Proven knowledge of electrical engineering, design software and equipment
• Expertise with troubleshooting RF hardware/subsystems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience Testing, Troubleshooting or designing RF hardware/subsystems
• Troubleshot electronic equipment to the component level.
• Experience with RF lab test equipment: signal generator, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Hands on experience in at least one type of these test set: Common RF Test Set (CRFTS), LM-STAR, Hiller Test sets, Phase Noise Test sets and consoles
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving HW/SW integration problems
• Experience with using or developing software to control hardware (such as MATE or AMAX)
• Experience with test scripting, data analysis, and/or signal processing
• Experience mentoring other design and/or RF test engineers