Senior RF Electrical Engineer

Cubic Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Cubic Defense Company is seeking an experienced RF engineer to lead hardware development for AESA, digital and analog beam forming, and RF calibration in an anechoic chamber.

You will work with engineering fellows on RF architecture to meet customer requirements, manage budgets as CAM, and lead lab integration and customer demonstrations. Strong MATLAB and Altium skills are required.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline; plus 5+ years related experience, or a master's with 3+ years.
• Experience in RF design, laboratory testing, AESA, digital beam forming, analog beam forming, antenna measurements, and implementing firmware to adjust RF performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development of AESA, digital beam forming, and analog beam forming systems.
• Develop, implement, and validate procedures to calibrate multiple communication systems in RF Anechoic chamber.
• Work with engineering fellows to design RF architecture to meet customer system requirements.
• Act as Control Account Manager (CAM), owning the RF team’s budget and schedule for a given project.
• Lead laboratory integration of hardware, software, and firmware, and demonstrate to customers.

Skills

RF design

AESA

Digital beam forming

Analog beam forming

CAM leadership

MATLAB

Altium

Communication

Problem solving

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering/related

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

HFSS

Spice

Geneys

HyperLynx

Visio

Altium

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development of AESA, digital beam forming, analog beam forming system.
• Develop, implement, and validate procedure to calibrate multiple communication systems in RF Anechoic chamber.
• Work with engineering fellows to design RF architecture to meet customer system requirements.
• Act as Control Account Manager (CAM), owning the RF team’s budget and schedule for a given project.
• Lead laboratory integration of hardware, software, and firmware, and demonstrate to customers.
• Complete Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) block diagram, component identification, circuit simulation, schematic capture, board layout, and fab in Altium, HFSS, Spice, Geneys, HyperLynx, Visio.
• Work with facilities to relocate mmWave Anechoic test chamber to another building and expand test capability to Ka-band.
• Manage suppliers through PWB fabrication, CCA assembly; coordinate with supply chain to ensure all Purchase Orders are completed timely.
• Manage other engineers and technicians in the lab.
• Perform make vs buy analysis for optimal solution.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, plus a minimum of five years related experience, or a master’s degree with three years of experience.
• Experience in RF design, laboratory testing, AESA, digital beam forming, analog beam forming, antenna measurements, and implementing firmware to adjust RF performance.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to use personal computer software such as MATLAB and Altium.
• Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks.
• Must be able to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints.
• SATCOM experience preferred.
• Ability to obtain a DOD Security Clearance.

Cubic Pay Range

Cubic Pay Range: $115,000.00 - $131,000.00 + benefits.

Worker Type

Worker Type: Employee

Benefits

• Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance
• company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks)
• life insurance options
• critical illness and accident coverages
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• a pre-paid legal plan
• travel accident insurance
• an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account
• up to six weeks of paid parental leave
• a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match
• backup childcare
• pet care
• pet insurance
• virtual tutoring
• a tuition reimbursement program
• Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation.
• Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement.
• Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.
• Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.

For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!