Senior Principal RF Antenna and Sensor Range Engineer
| Company | RTX |
|---|---|
| Location | Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Salary | $124000 – $250000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 8 years of experience to include any combination of the following:
- Testing of antennas or radomes in a chamber or test range
- Operation of an antenna, radome, and/or RCS chamber/range
- Demonstrated knowledge of antenna and/or sensor measurement theory and range operation
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Develop antenna, radome, advanced sensor systems, and/or RCS ranges/chambers
- Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc. to define, analyze, simulate, implement, and evaluate requirements for ranges and/or chambers, including relevant test equipment
- Work with chamber/range equipment and service suppliers
- Oversee implementation of new ranges/chambers
Preferred Qualifications
- Master of Science (MS) or PhD in electrical engineering
- Significant experience simulating and/or estimating the effects of propagation, reflections, and scattering on an antenna under test (AUT) in an anechoic chamber
- Measurement of hardware for RCS
- Significant experience specifying, building, and validating antenna, radome, and/or RCS ranges/chambers
- Proficiency with Python, MATLAB and/or other high level scientific programming languages
- Proficiency with high performance computing (HPC) environments and schedulers such as SLURM
- Proficiency with modeling & simulation tools such as HFSS, CST, FEKO, SENTRi and GRASP
- Experience designing and testing conformal antennas
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities from multiple sources
- Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment with positive interaction
- Demonstrated ability to put forth and drive technical execution plans
- Knowledgeable of management processes, such as Earned Value
- Experience presenting in technical reviews
- Understanding of near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
- Experience designing datalink, flight termination, telemetry, and/or GPS antenna systems
- Experience being a Cost Account Manager or Integrated Product Team Lead