Raytheon · 6 hours ago
Senior Principal RF Antenna and Radome Design Engineer
Tucson, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expRaytheon is a leading company dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. They are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead the RF Antenna Team in Tucson, AZ, focusing on antenna and radome technology development, team leadership, and technical oversight. The role involves collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, analyzing performance data, and mentoring other employees.
Intellectual PropertyInternetWeb Hosting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Development of antenna or radome hardware and requirements
Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc
Work with antenna manufacturing suppliers
Analyze simulation or test data to verify performance to requirements
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, 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: Antenna element design and fabrication, Antenna simulation and modeling, Antenna measurements in near or far field systems
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
DoD Clearance: Secret
Preferred
Master of Science (MS) or PhD in electrical engineering
Strong experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers in design reviews and technical interchange meetings
Strong experience designing and delivering conformal antenna designs
Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written
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 IPDS, EVMS, etc
Experience presenting to FRB, ERB, CCB, MRB, etc
Understanding of near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
Ability to design near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
Understanding of complex threat environments and battlefields
Experience designing datalink, flight termination, and telemetry antenna systems
Experience designing GPS antenna systems
Experience with being a Cost Account Manager or Integrate Product Team Lead
Proficiency with Python, MATAB 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
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Company
Raytheon
Raytheon, an RTX business, creates next-generation defense solutions that are smarter, faster and better than previously thought possible.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$16MKey Investors
United States Air Force
2012-01-17Series Unknown· $5.5M
2009-10-26Acquired
2009-10-01Series Unknown· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Arunava Chatterjee
Executive Director of Ghost Black Operations & CEO & CTO
Kieran Nolan
Chief Enterprise Architect / IT CTO
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