Sr. RF Test Engineer

Reliable Robotics; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is advancing aviation safety with automated radar systems. As a Radar Test Engineer, you’ll own testing and calibration of AESA radar hardware and software, including DO-160 environmental and FCC certifications.

You’ll collaborate with radar, mechanical and system teams to ensure aircraft readiness and flight testing. You will design and execute test plans, build RF test rigs, and automate workflows with Python.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on RF testing and antenna range wireless testing.

Responsibilities

• Test and calibrate the AESA radar system and its digital, RF and antenna cards.
• Own test and calibration equipment for the radar system in collaboration with hardware design.
• Support radar system integration, testing in lab and on aircraft, and data collection.
• Assist with certification testing to DO-160 environmental, DO-254 design assurance, and FCC certification.

Skills

RF testing

Antenna range testing

Test plan development

Python for test automation

Oscilloscopes

Vector network analyzers

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Vector network analyzers

Logic analyzers

Job description

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As an RF Test Engineer, you will be a part of our Test Engineering team working directly with our radar development program. We enjoy a culture of sharing information and collaboration. Phased array radar systems have historically been reserved for specialized applications, but we’re making this technology affordable to enable Detect and Avoid for widespread commercial applications. This role will focus on new advanced operational modes. The passion for revolutionary technology to make aviation safer motivates us to come in every day.

Responsibilities

In your role as a Radar Test Engineer, you will be responsible for testing and calibration of our next-generation Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) Radar system. You will own the engineering and production testing of the digital, RF and antenna circuit cards. In addition you will drive the test and calibration equipment for our AESA radar system in collaboration with the Radar hardware design team.

You will be collaborating with cross-functional teams, including radar, mechanical and system engineering. Together with those teams you will support radar system integration, testing in the engineering lab and on the aircraft, as well as supporting data collection and system check out flights. You will be responsible for the certification of our radar systems to DO-160 environmental, DO-254 design assurance, and FCC certification.

Required Skills

• BS in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of professional hands-on experience with with RF testing and antenna range wireless testing
• Ability to design complex RF test systems
• Experience writing and executing test plans for functional and environmental testing
• Experienced in using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers and vector network analyzers
• Experience using Python commands for automating test

Preferred Skills

• Experience in flight testing of advanced RF systems
• Experience developing system architectures and managing requirements for certification of avionics
• Creative problem solver that can bring multiple disciplines together, with the ability to assess risk and make design decisions without all available data
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting various electronic sensors and componentsRF circuit design experience up to 12GHz
• DO-160 and DO-254 hardware design assurance experience.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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