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Title: Principal Electrical Engineer
Job Description:
The Electrical Engineering Department at Aberdeen Proving Ground is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer with strong RF design and analysis skills to join our team in Aberdeen, Maryland. The Principal Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the design and development of advanced RF circuitry across much of the VHF, UHF, and SHF spectrum (20 MHz to 20 GHz) for next generation communications and counter communications equipment used by the Department of Defense.
The Department currently supports the military Air Traffic Management product line. The department designs and tests all types of analog/RF electronic hardware including receivers, power amplifiers, synthesizers, power supplies, as well as the subsystems that integrate these components with antennas, RF feeds, and mechanical assemblies. The designs satisfy rigorous specification requirements of Government programs, including the Navy, Army, and Air Force. The Department also performs trade studies and product selection for commercially available components. All designs incorporate Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) techniques including simulation and prototyping to validate the simulations and analyses to develop statistical margins.
Technical leader and contributor in design and development of RF and microwave circuitry and sub-systems for use in military electronics. Lead and contribute to design of RF /Microwave circuits and subsystems by developing performance specifications, simulating, designing circuitry, conducting DMA/DMI and Monte Carlo analysis, prototyping / debugging hardware, qualification testing, and transition to production. Provide engineering support as needed to production line. Additionally, this position will support the development of capture plans and strategies to leverage the Fort Wayne EW capability into the Army IEWS campaign.
Required Skills:
* At least 10 years experience in RF/Microwave Design
* Extensive theoretical, analytical, and practical knowledge in design and testing of high performance VHF/UHF/SHF circuitry intended for challenging applications.
* Proven ability to take a design concept at block diagram or requirements level and develop a completed hardware design
* Extensive experience with Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) and proven ability to use tools to analyze and simulate designs prior to hardware execution.
* Experience with tolerance analysis and circuit design centering for production
* Active knowledge of modern communications and counter communications systems
* Experience leading a small team of RF designers
* Experience in managing schedule and resources to meet assigned milestones
* Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
* BS in Electrical Engineering (MS preferred)
* Ability to obtain and retain security clearance
Desired Skills:
* (MS in Electrical Engineering, concentration in RF/Microwave field)
* Analysis and CAD tools such as AutoCAD, PSPICE, etc.
* Extensive knowledge in specifying, designing, and testing UHF/VHF/SHF receivers, exciters, synthesizers, and RF distribution circuits for Department of Defense Equipment
* Experience with three dimensional electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS or CST Microwave Studio
* Knowledge of counter communication techniques
* Knowledge and understanding of other engineering disciplines and how they relate to the design, development, and manufacturing of RF equipment
* Built in Self Test (BIT) expertise
* ATE, Test and Measurement automation using Labview
* Familiarity with Identification Friend or For (IFF) systems
* Understanding and experience with US Army EW CONOPS, System integration and Signals of Interest.
* Understanding of the US Army current EW systems ( ie DUKE, PROPHET)
* Experience with Open System Architectures
Education: BS in Electrical Engineering
(MS preferred)
Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.
Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS), headquartered in McKinney, Texas, develops and produces mission solutions for networking, command and control, battlespace awareness, and air traffic management. Programs include civilian applications, command and control systems, integrated communications systems, and netted sensor systems. NCS serves all branches of the United States military, the National Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other U.S. national security agencies, as well as international customers. NCS is driving transformation in the Information Age by leading Raytheon''s Net Centric Operations Enterprise Priority. This effort unites the core strengths of the company to provide networked systems, net-enabled systems, and net-centric integration to customers worldwide for emerging requirements. NCS continues to remain focused on the needs of today''s warfighters by providing mission systems integration for the Homeland Security and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions. We further provide systems and components to support the Missile Defense and Precision Engagement missions. In each of these vital efforts, NCS serves to provide our customers with unprecedented accuracy, speed, and Common Decision Engagement Capability.
Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.
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Job Id:
34158534
Posted / Updated:
3/9/2012 3:54:22 AM
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