Senior RF Systems Engineer | Lead Product Development

Continental Electronics Corporation; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account

Disability insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

Leave of absence

Paid time off

Job summary

Continental Electronics Corporation, a leader in RF technologies, seeks a Sr. Project Engineer to lead product development within an IPT. You will own technical direction, align across teams, and communicate progress with customers while escalating blockers.

This role demands a senior IC with strong design, risk management, and collaboration skills. The position requires 10+ years in electrical engineering with RF/digital systems knowledge, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

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.

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.
• Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business

Skills

RF/digital systems knowledge

System requirements translation

Verbal and written communication

Security clearance eligibility

Travel flexibility

Education

Electrical Engineering / related field

Job description

Continental Electronics Corporation, a leader in RF technologies, seeks a Sr. Project Engineer to lead product development within an IPT. You will own technical direction, align across teams, and communicate progress with customers while escalating blockers.

This role demands a senior IC with strong design, risk management, and collaboration skills. The position requires 10+ years in electrical engineering with RF/digital systems knowledge, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.