Senior Staff RF Engineer

***Senior Staff RF Engineer***

***Onsite in Dallas, TX***

About the role:

As a Senior Staff RF Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the clients' RF systems. In this role, you will collaborate closely with a variety of different engineering disciplines, including mechanical, systems, manufacturing, and software engineering. You will be responsible for all RF related design, integration, testing, and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the RF team focusing on the drone product line.
• Quantify and optimize RF link performance, resolve dispense/interference problems.
• Define system level and unit level design requirements and features for all RF systems.
• Improve design, test, and compliance processes for the engineering org. as it related to RF.
• Define test procedures, requirements, and train operators/technicians to execute accordingly.
• Help grow the team, provide hiring input, and mentor teammates.
• Establish and enforce team processes around design, test, review, cross-functional support, and regulatory compliance.
• Regularly communicate with the cross-functional team regarding RF status, risks, needs, plans, etc.
• Provide technical design input/review to your team and other engineering teams.

Required qualifications:

• S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of industry experience as an Electrical Engineer in RF systems.
• Strong technical fundamentals.
• Experience worked on cross-functional teams involving EE, ME, SW, manufacturing, production, etc.
• Experience with technical mentorship/guidance of other engineers.
• Experience leading design work on the unit level and system level.
• Experience with quantifying and improving RF sensitivity performance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of antenna design and aircraft level radiation performance analysis and simulation, utilizing tools such as CST & ANSYS.
• Experience in RF and Antenna design, antenna coupling analysis for airborne V/UHF, L-band, S-band, GNSS, and MIL-SAT systems.
• Demonstrated RF analysis experiences in frequency planning, RF Co-site, Antenna Coupling, and the production of analysis report.
• Experience with EMI/EMC compliance techniques, with a particular emphasis on optimizing size, weight, and power.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD 461 and MIL-STD 464 compliance requirements and test setups.
• RF system, subsystem and printed circuit assembly EMI/EMC simulation, test, and mitigation.