Principal RF Engineer Continental Electronics Corporation is a leading provider of RF technologies and innovative solutions with 80 years of proven performance. CEC has experienced significant recent growth and has established itself as the go-to supplier for a diversified product line supporting a wide spectrum of markets from commercial products, military customers, to space research laboratories. The Principal RF Engineer is an individual contributor, with proficiency in electrical engineering subjects such as RF, digital and analog design, who performs engineering work and applied research, development, and design of new state-of-the-art transmission systems. The opportunity is targeted toward engineers who enjoy working in a systems environment as it includes designing multiple electrical elements of a product, interacting with mechanical and software team members, developing PCB and system requirements, and supporting system test teams.
Responsibilities:- Ideate and design critical capabilities needed for future product capabilities and cost reduction needs for transmit and receive solutions
- Maintain a high level of technical competence and state-of-the-art awareness of ultra-high power RF communication systems
- Support assessment of the feasibility of new business opportunities
- Identify customer's technical expectations and communicate to the project team
Perform detailed technical analysis and design at the subsystem or system level using tools such as Matlab/Simulink, RF Pathwave, Ansys HFSS, Spice, Feko, etc ...Provide technical expertise and leadership on programs, working in collaboration with the Program Manager and Project Engineering Lead, to mentor the development team to achieve the committed product functionality in the timeline of the agreed contract
Support all customer, contract and regulatory technical compliance
Support critical suppliers for evaluation of the supplier's solution, and testing, in terms of being able to meet the customer and regulatory requirements at the proposal and/or project stages
Anticipate and manage technical risks on the projects and develop mitigation plans
Support site installations and troubleshooting as needed, as a system expert, in support of the Field Service Representative team
Champion & implement cross-team/intra-team collaboration and continuous improvement in product designs and engineering practices, with a mindset for subsystem reuse
Uphold the company's core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork
Demonstrate behavior consistent with the company's Code of Ethics and Conduct
It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem
Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business
Qualifications:- 12 years of experience with a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or 8 years of experience with an MSDeeply skilled at translating system level requirements to implementation
- Extensive RF fundamental knowledge such as impedance matching, distributed systems, passive RLC and resonant circuits, noise, linearity, bandwidth and stability
- Experience with mixed signal design, specifically one or more of the following: SoC/FPGAs, A/D Converters, Digital Down Converters, D/A Converters, Digital Waveform Generators, Mixed Signal CCAs, Mixed Signal Modules and Subsystems
- Ability to create schematics and wire lists
- Excellent Problem-solving and lab debugging skills
- Hands-on experience in RF tuning and using RF instruments
- Experience with VLF/LF through X-Band transmitter and receiver design
- Exceptional verbal and written skills and the ability to influence others for optimum interaction with project teams, management and customers as well as creating required technical documentation
- Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic work environment with various concurrent projects and competing priorities
- Some travel will be required
Selected candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance issued by the U.S. Government throughout the course of their employment.
