Senior RF Project Engineer: Lead Systems & Design

Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Richardson (TX)

Hybrid

USD 135,000 - 160,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

OSI Systems, Inc. in Richardson, TX is seeking a Sr. Project Engineer who serves as technical owner for product development within an IPT.

You will translate customer requirements into system-level designs, coordinate across engineering disciplines, and communicate progress to stakeholders while escalating issues as needed. The role emphasizes RF and digital systems, and requires a BS/MS in EE or related field with 10+ years of experience.

Qualifications

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar with 10 or more years of relevant experience.
Deeply skilled at translating system level requirements to functional areas for implementation.
Extensive knowledge of RF and digital systems, as well as mechanical design.
Exceptional verbal and written skills and the ability to influence others for optimum interaction with project teams, management and customers as well as creating required technical documentation.
Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic work environment with various concurrent projects and competing priorities.
Travel will be required to support site installations.
Selected candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance issued by the U.S. Government throughout the course of their employment.

Responsibilities

Identify and manage customer’s technical expectations for communication to the project team and back to the customer.
Assess the feasibility of new business opportunities as well as develop & author technical proposals and contractually obligated responses.
Perform detailed technical analysis and design at the subsystem or system level using tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Ansys HFSS, Spice, Inventor, etc.
Provide technical expertise and leadership on programs, working in collaboration with the Program Manager, to lead the development team to achieve the committed product functionality in the timeline of the agreed contract.
Ensure that all customer, contract and regulatory technical requirements on programs are met.
Act as technical expert to critical suppliers, including evaluation of the supplier's solution, and testing, in terms of being able to meet the customer and regulatory requirements at the proposal and/or project stages.
Technical expert to lead engineering design teams to meet program objectives in terms of quality, cost and schedule (including on time delivery).
Anticipate and manage technical risks on the projects and ensure mitigation plans are in place.
Guide the Systems Engineering team to document and track program requirements and drive team alignment to said requirements.
Coach and develop junior Project Engineers as they manage their own programs.
Support site installations as needed, as the program expert, in support of the Field Service Representative team.
Champion & implement cross-team/intra-team collaboration and continuous improvement in product designs and engineering practices, with a mindset for subsystem reuse.
Define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility.