System Engineer Senior

Salary

• The typical annual salary range for this position is $120,000.00 USD to $180,000.00 USD. Salary will be based on current qualifications, directly related experience, geographic location, and possible contractual requirements which could fall outside of this range.
• Provide over-all System Level Engineering services
• Provide RF, Radar, and Communications sensing and targeting development, design, and operations solutions to a broad range of spectrum mission sets.
• Perform link budget analysis for communication and radar systems
• Define and support the design of antennas, matching networks, RF front-end components (PAs, LNAs, mixers, filters)
• Define and direct the technical input for remote platform & payload controls
• Provide system and subsystem build to print manufacturing support and direction for direct quality control management
• Direct and guide the use of test bench equipment and simulation tools such as ADS, SystemVue, CST, FEKO for component and subsystem evaluation and modeling
• Develop and validate RF designs from schematics through layout to test
• Collaborate (and perhaps design) with FPGA/DSP/software teams for signal chain integration in Vivado/System Verilog
• Prepare and redline design documentation, test plans, and review materials
• 12 years’ experience as a system level engineer with a specialty as an RF/Communications Engineer
• 5 years of RF design experience
• Proficient in ADS, SystemVue, CST, FEKO, or similar tools
• Experience with telemetry, radar, and communications systems
• Experience in evaluating and defining antenna design
• Knowledge of DSP concepts, modulation, I/Q waveforms
• Hands-on experience with VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
• Experience with FPGA design and integration, especially with modern FPGA’s such as those in Xilinx SoC’s (Versal, etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—verbal, non-verbal, written, and listening—for staff, customer, and organizational level communications, both formal and informal.
• Ability to work independently, self-starter.