Senior Scientist, Electrical Engineering – Antenna Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Palm Bay • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Lead complex antenna development including research, detailed design, and analysis for exquisite space-qualified antenna systems
- Drive multi-disciplinary engineering teams through early lifecycle milestones and reviews, including Capture / Pursuits, Technical Baselines (TBR), BOE Proposals, Program Startups, System Requirements (SRR), System Designs (SDR), and Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
- Champion Internal Research and Design (IRAD) initiatives and conduct technical trade studies to influence tactical and strategic decisions for senior leadership
- Research industry trends to develop antenna roadmaps, utilizing the latest innovative technologies to advance antenna system hardware capabilities while simultaneously reducing SWaP-C (size, weight, power and cost)
- Support customer pursuits for antennas with business development and support Basis of Estimates (BOE) Proposals to capture program awards while ensuring success in technical performance, cost, and schedule
- Collaborate with customers, technical experts, and program leadership to align antenna performance requirements with all stakeholders
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and leadership to fellow engineers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience
- Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience
- Experience with design and analysis of antenna performance (gain, bandwidth, polarization, directivity, efficiency, etc.)
- RF Link Budgets and cascade analysis (gain, noise figure, linearity, noise power, etc.)
- Antenna design experience for electromagnetics in the RF spectrum, including VHF, UHF, and microwave applications in the L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, and V bands
- Experience with antenna element design including horns, dipoles, patch, PIFAs, loop, slot, helical, fractal, Vivaldi, Biconical, Log-periodic, Yagi, etc.
- Experience with antenna simulation and analysis tools including HFSS, CST, GRASP, SystemVue, MATLAB, and other ECAD design tools
- Experience in an engineering leadership role, such as Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL), Principal Investigator (PI), Chief Systems Engineer or Chief Engineer
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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Hard skills
antenna developmentantenna performance analysisRF Link Budgetscascade analysisantenna designelectromagneticsantenna simulationantenna element designtechnical trade studiesbusiness development
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshipcollaborationguidancecommunication