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Raytheon · 1 week ago

Principal Antenna Design Engineer

McKinney, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$101K/yr - $203K/yr

5+ years exp

Raytheon is an industry leader in Stealth Technology, involved in the design, development, and maintenance of advanced antenna systems. The Principal Antenna Design Engineer will support the design and realization of low observable antennas and phased array systems, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to solve complex technical challenges.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for the hands-on design and realization of LO antennas, phased array antennas and passive RF components

Use computational electromagnetic analysis software to design and predict performance on various types of antennas and apertures (spiral, sinuous, Vivaldi, patch, slot, horn, ultra-wideband tightly coupled dipole arrays, etc.)

Exhibit exceptionally high level of innovation, creativity, and initiative

Support customer programs through modeling and simulation of LO antennas or RF components/systems and leading teams that perform these functions

Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems involving antenna/sensor-based applications such as radar, electronic warfare, electronic attack, electronic support measures, communications, geolocation, direction finding, etc

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers. Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects

Mentor and guide more junior engineers and technicians in the design, build, and test phases of projects and programs

Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc

Participate in and guide the testing of RF hardware for required performance metrics: VSWR, insertion loss, gain, polarization, RCS

This 1st shift role will be 100% on-site and based in McKinney, TX

Qualification

Antenna DesignComputational Electromagnetics ModelingRadar Cross Section (RCS)Phased Array AntennasRF Components DesignTechnical Proposal WritingCustomer InteractionTeam CollaborationMentoring

Required

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior work experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years' experience

Engineering experience to include any combination of the following: Radar Cross Section (RCS) reduction, prediction, measurement, and analysis & simulation

Design, fabrication, and test of conformal antennas, apertures, and passive RF components (i.e. radiating elements, radomes, power dividers, couplers, transitions, multi-layer board designs, Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSSs), etc.)

Designing, fabricating, and testing ultra-wideband phased array antennas such as Tightly Couple Dipole Arrays (TCDA), Vivaldi, Sliced Notch, Planar Ultra-wideband Modular Arrays (PUMA)

Experience with RCS analysis tools such as X-Patch, SENTRi, FEKO, HFSS, CST or other company specific CEM analysis packages

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance