Senior, RF Electrical Engineer (Evergreen)

AVIA; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation seeks a Senior RF Engineer to join the RF Design team in Grand Rapids, MI or Phoenix, AZ for full‑time, in‑person work. You will develop mission‑critical RF systems for ATMSC/TCAS and related avionics, from requirements to hardware implementation, working with cross‑functional teams.

Ideal candidates have a BS in a related field and 4–9 years’ RF design experience, with strong EM/RF/microwave theory knowledge and RF front‑end expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4–9 years of relevant RF design experience.
• RF design experience for fielded products, preferably in commercial avionics.
• Background in electro‑magnetic (EM) and RF/microwave theory is required.

Responsibilities

• Derive RF hardware requirements from system level specifications.
• Design RF/analog circuits from component level to complete systems.
• Support hardware development, testing, and qualification (DO-160 and MIL-STD).
• Collaborate with mechanical, systems, and software engineers for multi‑disciplinary design.

Skills

RF design

EM theory

S-parameters

RF front-ends

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

HFSS

AWR Microwave Office

ADS

Job description

About Acron Aviation (Avionics – Surveillance):

Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety‑critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Surveillance product line develops and sustains systems that enable aircraft awareness, collision avoidance, and airspace interoperability. Our portfolio includes TCAS, Mode S transponders, ADS‑B, and integrated surveillance solutions deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms. This work is performed in highly regulated environments and demands deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, and RF throughout the full product lifecycle.

**This requisition is being utilized to build a pipeline of qualified candidates for potential future opportunities as they arise**

Position Summary:

Acron Aviation is seeking a self‑motivated Senior RF Engineer to join our RF Design team. As a design role, the engineer will work to create and deliver mission critical RF systems solutions for various customers. The office location for this role is Phoenix, Arizona, or Grand Rapids, Michigan, for full‑time, in‑person work. The Specialist RF Engineer is a key contributor to new design activity (requirements analysis, component selection, schematic capture, layout) as well as supporting existing products within the product portfolio. The engineer will work with both junior and senior RF engineers, as well as cross‑functional teams (electrical, mechanical, software, systems) for all technical aspects of the RF/microwave electrical design. The position will be within the ACSS (Surveillance) product line, designing and supporting ACAS/TCAS, transponder, DME, UAT, and other RF functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Derive RF hardware requirements from system level specifications.
• Detail functional blocks to support surveillance system architectures.
• Perform RF/analog circuit design and hardware engineering from the component level up to entire systems.
• Support detailed design, analysis, development and testing of hardware.
• Design for and support DO-160 and/or MIL-STD qualification of RF electronics (environmental, EMI/EMC).
• Conduct and participate in internal and external system design reviews.
• Present concepts, designs, actionable information, and results to program management and Acron Aviation customers.
• Lead or work in conjunction with mechanical, systems and software engineering to meet challenging performance requirements.
• Support internal peer design reviews, design verification testing of engineering units, and oversight of design through production.
• Develop methods for modifying systems to include new RF and wireless capabilities.
• Good verbal, written communication, and excellent analytical skills are essential for this position.
• Ability to work independently, as well as contribute to the work of multi‑disciplinary engineering teams to ensure the successful development of RF systems and assemblies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 - 9 years of prior relevant experience.
• RF design experience for fielded products, with preference for commercial avionics applications.
• Candidate must have an academia background in electro‑magnetic (EM) and RF/microwave theory.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience designing RF CCAs operating at frequencies ranging from UHF through E-band, but with focus in L-band (1GHz). Design activities will include frequency synthesizers, up/down converters, front‑end electronics and other RF electronics.
• Experience with simulation and/or 3D modeling tools such as HFSS, AWR Microwave Office and/or ADS.
• Understanding of critical performance characteristics of passive and active RF components such as ADCs, DACs, Amplifiers, Oscillators, Attenuators, Mixers and Filters. An understanding of how these characteristics relate to a system's performance is a plus.
• Working understanding and knowledge of S‑parameters (matching networks, cascade analysis, …), Gain budget analysis (Gain, NF, Linearity, Noise power, … ), and Filtering (types, bandwidth, implementations, … ).
• A strong understanding of noise figure/noise temperature (Eb/No, BER vs. noise, receiver sensitivity, and expected value and variance), temperature effects, interconnection (standard and non‑standard impedances), and isolation requirements

Equal Opportunity Statement

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