Senior Scientist, Electrical Engineering – Phased Array RF Design 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 RF and Phased Array development including research, detailed design, and analysis for exquisite space-qualified Phased Arrays
- Drive multi-disciplinary engineering teams through early lifecycle milestones and reviews
- Champion Internal Research and Design (IRAD) initiatives and conduct technical trade studies
- Research industry trends to develop phased array and RF roadmaps
- Support customer pursuits for Phased Arrays with business development
- Collaborate with customers, technical experts, and program leadership to align Phased Array and RF performance requirements
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and leadership to fellow engineers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience
- Experience with Digital and Analog Phased Array design for multi-beam AESAs and ESAs
- Experience with detailed design of Phased Array RF performance through RF Link Budget analysis, RF cascade analysis, Signal Analysis, S-parameters, matching networks, filtering, nonlinear effects and their remedies, temperature effects, and isolation
- Experience with RF performance characteristics of both passive and active components such as amplifiers, oscillators, attenuators, mixers, filters, splitters, couplers, phase shifters, VCOs, PLLs, etc
- RF hardware 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
- Advanced user of RF simulation and analysis tools including ADS, HFSS, SystemVue, MATLAB, and other ECAD design tools
- Experience in an engineering leadership role, such as Integrated Product Team Lead, Principal Investigator, Chief Systems Engineer or Chief Engineer
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
RF designPhased Array designDigital Phased ArrayAnalog Phased ArrayRF Link Budget analysisSignal AnalysisS-parametersmatching networksfilteringnonlinear effects
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshipcollaborationguidancecommunication