RF Device Research Scientist

RF Device Research Scientist

Requirements

• Ph.D. degree from an accredited college/university program in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Sciences, or related discipline (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months)
• 0-1 year of industry work experience
• Experience with engineering or scientific project execution
• Experience with microelectronic, semiconductor, or RF devices or systems
• Willingness to travel domestically/internationally and to work off-business hours to support customer needs, approximately 15% (as required)
• This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to national security space programs, internal and academic collaborators
• Conduct innovative applied research in microelectronic device technologies and applications to space systems, including reliability and RF system performance evaluation
• Support the adoption and assessment of new technologies and applications, space systems, including reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active security clearance
• Experience with RF testing, design or engineering, including microwave devices or systems, MMICs, microelectronic devices, network analysis, amplifier biasing, impedance matching, load tuning, etc.
• Background working with space system programs is desired
• Experience with advanced test structure and circuit design using CAD tools such as Cadence, Silvaco, Tanner Tools, or Microwave Office
• Semiconductor fabrication or cleanroom experience
• Experience with FPGA/microprocessor programming
• Strong knowledge working with Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB or similar software for data analysis and collection is preferred
• Record of publication/reporting in peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional conferences, customer reviews, or government reports