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Raytheon · 21 hours ago

Senior RF Range Engineer

Tucson, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$82K/yr - $164K/yr

5+ years exp

Raytheon is a leading defense contractor focused on helping the nation and allies defend freedoms. The Senior RF Range Engineer will lead the design and implementation of antenna, radome, and radar cross section ranges, providing technical oversight and mentoring to project teams.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Antenna designRCS measurementSimulation toolsPython programmingHigh performance computingTechnical communicationTechnical reviewsTeam collaborationProject managementMentoring

Required

Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 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

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

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