Senior RF Design Engineer — Radar Systems Lead

General Atomics; Tyngsborough (MA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is hiring a Senior RF Design Engineer to lead RF designs and trade studies for air and ground-based systems. You will report to the Manager of Hardware Engineering within the Radar Technologies group.

Candidates should have extensive RF circuit design and measurement experience, familiarity with RF PCB layout, and the ability to interact with multiple engineering teams. DoD clearance is required or able to obtain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in engineering with extensive experience (13+ years for PhD, 16+ for MS, 18+ for BS).
• Detailed technical expertise in RF principles and ability to plan, schedule and lead workloads in R&D.
• Proven RF design and simulation experience using MATLAB, ADS, HFSS and CST.
• Proficient RF measurement techniques and lab equipment operation (network/Spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes).
• Strong RF PCB design and layout knowledge.
• Ability to quickly understand new concepts in a fast-paced environment and apply them.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross‑functional interfaces.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Simulate and design RF circuits and subsystems for future air and ground-based systems including Transmit/Receive modules, up and down converters, and RF beamforming networks.
• Develop and maintain RF design requirements from high-level system performance specifications.
• Perform design trade studies including gain, output power, noise figure, cost, ease of manufacturing.
• Perform bench-level evaluation and troubleshooting of RF designs and subsystems.
• Collaborate with the Hardware, Software, and Systems engineering teams to drive development of subsystems and assemblies.
• Represent the company at technical reviews, meetings and formal design reviews.
• Stay current with RF industry innovations, developments and trends.

Skills

RF design

MATLAB

ADS

HFSS

CST

RF measurement

PCB layout

DoD clearance

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor/Master/PhD)

Tools

Network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Job description

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is hiring a Senior RF Design Engineer to lead RF designs and trade studies for air and ground-based systems. You will report to the Manager of Hardware Engineering within the Radar Technologies group.

Candidates should have extensive RF circuit design and measurement experience, familiarity with RF PCB layout, and the ability to interact with multiple engineering teams. DoD clearance is required or able to obtain.