Staff Engineer – Digital, RF Subsystems I&T Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Integrate hardware for digital receivers/exciters along with representative laboratory test environments.

• Incorporate new equipment and software into a cutting-edge facility.

• Create software solutions to automate testing processes and analyze the resulting data.

• Diagnose digital and RF-related issues during the testing of advanced antenna systems and system-on-chip designs.

• Evaluate test data to identify early trends.

• Aid program meetings by identifying root causes and proposing corrective actions.

• Collaborate with design engineering teams on hardware, controls, and testing enhancements.

• Conduct subsystem analyses encompassing digital architecture, signal pathways, and hardware interfaces from the RF front end to digital processing.

• Assist with performance testing and the verification of requirements.

• Develop technical solutions to complex challenges with significant discretion in establishing technical objectives.

• Offer technical expertise, leadership, and proficiency across digital-RF integration, testing, and system integration tasks.

• Implement subsystem and system-level testing in engineering development and manufacturing settings.

• Carry out Test Readiness Reviews and/or Design Readiness Reviews.

• Formulate concepts of operations for integration and testing activities.

• Engage with diverse engineering teams throughout the program lifecycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Secret or Top-Secret security clearance is required; the position necessitates a current, active government Secret Clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field with 12 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s Degree with 10 years of experience, or a PhD with 6 years of experience.

• An additional 4 years of experience may substitute for a degree.

• Proficiency in using MATLAB or similar engineering analysis tools.

• Experience with the integration and testing of digital and/or RF subsystems.

• Familiarity with setting up and testing hardware in a laboratory or benchtop environment.

• Knowledge of digital receiver/exciter systems and related digital-RF subsystem integration, subsystem control design, and architecture.

• Experience with system-on-chip FPGA and/or front-end software design.

• Background in highly integrated digital-RF subsystems, antenna hardware, and receiver/exciter hardware for AESA systems.

• Expertise in developing and verifying complex front-end and subsystem controls.

• Understanding of electronic warfare, radar, or related mission-system principles and applications.

• Experience in deriving, flowing down, and configuring subsystem requirements.

• Capability to create test support applications and tools utilizing MATLAB or similar technical computing platforms.

• Experience in conducting Test Readiness Reviews and/or Design Readiness Reviews.

• Familiarity with developing concepts of operations for integration and testing activities.

• Experience executing subsystem and system-level testing in engineering development and manufacturing environments.

• Preferred: TS/SCI clearance.

• Preferred: SAP clearance.

• Strong understanding of laboratory, system integration, and digital-RF hardware testing environments.

• Knowledge of control architectures and control design/integration for hardware with firmware, embedded software, and ASICs.

• Solid understanding of RF and antenna theory, including RF performance analysis.

• Proficiency in Python, VHDL/Verilog, and C++.

• Experience in developing tests for laboratory environments and subsystem hardware.

• Ability to troubleshoot digital-RF subsystems effectively.

• Understanding of digital signal processing chains.

• Experience supporting engineers across firmware, software, power, and RF testing teams.

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory for positions requiring government clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be offered.

• Overtime eligibility may be provided.

• Shift differentials may be available.

• Discretionary bonuses may be available.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Savings plan.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.