Additional Information: Full-time benefits available, relocation assistance possible for ideal candidate.

Description: Our Client, a global aerospace and defense technology company, is hiring a Senior RF Systems Engineer in Northampton, MA.

Responsibilities:

• Synthesize and define RF system designs for complex electro-optical and electro-mechanical solutions;
• Coordinate system level requirements internally and among subcontractors and suppliers and ensure that technical obligations are fulfilled;
• Design and develop microwave components, circuits and subsystems for multidisciplinary products applications;
• Perform engineering design analysis to establish validity of designs;
• Prepare and review design documentation in accordance with contract requirements and/or internal standards;
• Lead and support the assembly and integration of products / systems containing microwave components or subsystems;
• Draft technical performance specifications and assist Purchasing Department with procurement of items as necessary;
• Lead technical analysis and design with customers and suppliers;
• Design or specify test procedures and test equipment (including Vector Network Analyzers, Noise Figure Meters, and Spectrum Analyzers) and provide technical assistance to Technical Specialist or test personnel during testing of prototype and production hardware;
• Conduct or coordinate RF system cascade analysis, trade studies, and complex design risk trade-off analysis;
• Train / mentor lower level engineers;
• Light domestic and international travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements:

• Experience in Engineering;
• Experience using safety equipment (PPE);
• Experience with complex electro-optical and electro-mechanical solutions;
• Experience in design and development of microwave components, circuits and subsystems for multidisciplinary product applications;
• Experience with RF within a DoD industry;
• Experience with Microsoft Visio (preferred);
• Experience with Mathcad (preferred);
• Experience with MATLAB (preferred);
• Experience with SysCalc (preferred);
• Active US Secret Clearance at the time of hire;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Microwave or Systems Engineering or Physics with 5-8 years of experience; OR Master’s Degree with 3-6 years of experience; OR PhD or JD with 0-3 years of experience.

Why Apply?

• Join a Fortune 500 leading technology innovator, solving customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect;
• Work with a stable company with a track record of success and growth since 1895;
• Enjoy paid time off, every other Friday off;
• Benefit from 401(k), life insurance, healthcare benefits, voluntary benefits, tuition reimbursement.

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