What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr RF Engineer position at iLocatum?
Northampton, MA
Schedule: 9/80 M-F
$140,000 to $170,000 Full benefits package Bonus Paid Relocation
Are you an experienced RF Engineer looking for an opportunity to design and develop cutting-edge electrical/electronic solutions from concept to completion? We are seeking a Sr RF Engineer to join our team in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing project initiatives, influencing processes, and making significant improvements to our products and systems.
As a RF Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
Schedule: 9/80 M-F
$140,000 to $170,000 Full benefits package Bonus Paid Relocation
Are you an experienced RF Engineer looking for an opportunity to design and develop cutting-edge electrical/electronic solutions from concept to completion? We are seeking a Sr RF Engineer to join our team in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing project initiatives, influencing processes, and making significant improvements to our products and systems.
As a RF Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
- Design & Development: Lead the design and development of electrical/electronic concepts, transforming them into finished, working designs based on specifications, customer requirements, and multidisciplinary inputs.
- System Integration: Lead and support the assembly and integration of products/systems containing microwave components or subsystems, leveraging your extensive troubleshooting expertise.
- RF System Synthesis: Synthesize and define RF System designs for complex electro-optical solutions.
- Coordination: Coordinate system-level requirements internally and with subcontractors and suppliers.
- Microwave Component Design: Design and develop microwave components, circuits, and subsystems for multidisciplinary product applications.
- Test & Analysis: Develop test procedures, specify test equipment (including Vector Network Analyzers, Noise Figure Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers), and provide technical assistance during testing of prototype and production hardware.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and execute continuous improvement plans for the Electrical Engineering team.
- Project Management: Develop estimates for project completion (engineering hours and schedule duration) and manage projects/processes with general supervision, communicating regularly with other engineering disciplines.
- Design Review & Mentorship: Coordinate and lead design reviews, present complex internal and external design reviews, and provide technical supervision and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Production Support: Support the production floor for system integration and test.
- Documentation: Develop production documentation and manage it through the configuration management process (official release, redlines, Configuration Control Board meetings, etc.).
- Design Analysis: Perform design analysis and establish circuit-level tests to validate designs, including thermal effects and tolerance contributions.
- US Citizenship: Ability to obtain a DOD Secret Security Clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience; OR
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; OR
- In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- RF Design Experience: 2 years of experience designing and developing microwave components, circuits, and subsystems for multidisciplinary product applications.
- Software Proficiency: Familiarity with MS Office products.
- Mixed signal Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design and development experience, preferably with Mentor Graphics tools.
