Sr Staff RF Engineer
On-site · Syracuse, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior Staff RF Engineer responsible for leading RF subsystem design and integration across the program lifecycle. Contributes to technical planning, system development and design, requirements allocation, trade studies, verification and validation, and manufacturability. Leads development and maturation of RF design, interfaces with SMEs and subsystem providers, and provides RF manufacturing support including assembly and test. Develops work instruction planning, cascade analysis, modeling, simulation, troubleshooting and testing of RF subsystems and components. Manages RF systems engineering program plans for cost and schedule, leads teams of RF engineers, ensures requirements traceability, and communicates status across interdisciplinary teams and customers. Must leverage experience with RF board design, RF testing (VNA, RSA, spectrum analyzers), RF analysis tools (ADS, HFSS), and do so within a DoD clearance framework. Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
- 8 years of professional experience
- Experience with electromagnetics and RF theories
- Experience with RF board design and construction including material selection
- Experience with RF analysis tools such as ADS, HFSS, or equivalent
- Knowledge of analog circuits, design, and analysis, schematic capture and layout tools
- Experience leading cross functional team and managing cost and schedule
- Experience developing trade studies
- Experience performing RF testing using VNA, RSA, Spectrum analyzers
- Ability to obtain and hold a DoD Secret Security clearance
- U.S. Citizenship required
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