Senior RF Test Technician – 10MHz to 18GHz Tuning

Mercury-Systems; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Company holidays

Stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

Mercury Systems in Oxnard, CA seeks a seasoned RF Test Technician III to perform functional, environmental, and operational tests on RF electronic assemblies and subassemblies for defense applications. You will tune, bias, and troubleshoot devices in bench test environments and contribute to continuous improvement within a team.

Responsibilities include testing circuits, biasing transistors, tuning amplifiers from 10MHz to 18GHz, calibrating equipment, and applying RF fundamentals.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• 3–5 years relevant experience.
• Familiar with computers (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Ability to clearly communicate in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Launching and testing circuits in fixtures to specifications.
• Biasing FETs and/or transistors.
• Proficiently testing and tuning standard catalog amplifiers from 10MHz to 18GHz.
• Participating in continuous improvement and team building activities.
• Applying RF fundamentals including RF Gain, Gain Flatness, Gain Matching Return Loss P1 dB Compression, phase/phase tracking.
• Being proficient in RF theory and principals.
• Testing for gain, gain flatness, noise figure, VSWR, P1dB, IP3, and phase.
• Calibration of test equipment.
• Tuning and troubleshooting.
• Operating test equipment like DC power supplies, RF signal generators, scalar and network analyzers.
• Understanding DC theory (Ohm's Law).
• Following ESD procedures.

Skills

RF testing

English communication

MS Office

Job description

Mercury Systems in Oxnard, CA seeks a seasoned RF Test Technician III to perform functional, environmental, and operational tests on RF electronic assemblies and subassemblies for defense applications. You will tune, bias, and troubleshoot devices in bench test environments and contribute to continuous improvement within a team.

Responsibilities include testing circuits, biasing transistors, tuning amplifiers from 10MHz to 18GHz, calibrating equipment, and applying RF fundamentals.