RF Test Technician III

Mercury Systems is seeking the best and brightest talent to help us bring cutting-edge technology to mission-critical aerospace and defense applications, advancing innovation where it matters most. We bridge commercial innovation with defense-grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participating in continuous improvement and team building activities. Maintains productive working relationships with all team members
• Applying RF fundamentals including but not limited to 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 PNA-X, MXA, DC power supplies, RF signal generators, scalar analyzer

Read , interpret, and follow Customer Specifications and Acceptance Test Procedures

• Understanding DC theory (Ohm's Law)
• Following ESD procedures

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Typically 3-5 years testing and tuning RF electronic devices
• Familiar with computers (Microsoft Office Suite)
• Ability to clearly communicate in written and spoken English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred experience in tuning RF micorstrip circuits
• Preferred experience in troubleshooting complex DC circuit boards

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Constantly move objects and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue. 
• Specific abilities required by the job include positioning oneself to lift or move objects weighing up to 40lbs.
• Constant movement and use of limbs.
• Specific abilities required by this job include prolonged standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing and frequently pinching and/or gripping.
• Working under a microscope for long periods of time will be required
• Frequently observe, detect, discern, and convey information.
• Specific abilities required by this job include near, far and color vision acuity, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Requires good manual dexterity/coordination, and stamina.

This position requires you to have a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations.  You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.