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RTX · 4 months ago

Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead

MA131: Tewksbury, MA Bldg 1 Assabet 50 Apple Hill Drive Assabet - Building 1, Tewksbury, MA, 01876 USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$124K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

RTX is a leading company in defense and aerospace, dedicated to providing innovative solutions for national security. They are seeking a Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead to solve complex technical problems in Radar and Receiver Exciter design, analysis, integration, and test, while leading architecture development and subsystem analysis.

AerospaceManufacturingSecuritySensorTelecommunications

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Receiver and Exciter architecture development and Requirements Flow down

Interface definition between Receiver Exciter subsystem and other subsystems

Support of signal processing algorithm definition based on Receiver/Exciter capabilities and system needs

Resolve complex technical issues seen during design, integration, and test of Radar Receiver and Exciter sub-systems

Process and analyze Radar Receiver/Exciter data, including but not limited to IQ Data, to identify and resolve system performance issues

Support system and subsystem level radar integration planning, execution, and reporting Develop calibration solutions for receiver / exciters to meet top level radar performance specification

Support the resolution of complex technical issues seen during the integration and test of Radar Receiver and Exciter sub-systems

Interface with customers with technical and program level status

Lead small development teams

Participate in design for manufacturing and transition to production reviews

Qualification

Radar Receiver/Exciter designSignal processing techniquesMATLABDigital Signal ProcessingFPGA implementationI/Q signal processingCustomer interfacingRequirements analysisLaboratory testingTeam leadership

Required

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 10 years' of prior work experience OR an Advanced degree and minimum 7 years' of prior work experience

Minimum eight years of prior work experience to include any combination of the following: Experience with Radar Receiver / Exciter signal processing techniques and methods

Experience with analytical tools such as MATLAB

Experience with Radar Receiver / Exciter system and subsystem analysis, design and/or test

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance post-start is required

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred

Experience in cascade analysis and frequency planning

Experience with I/Q signal processing analysis in MATLAB, C/C++, Python, or other programming languages

Understanding of allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level

Experience with Digital Signal Processing techniques and FPGA implementation

Low Noise RF source design and test knowledge

Radar system calibration design experience

Hands-on experience working in a laboratory environment using test equipment including using spectrum analyzers, Real-time Spectrum Analyzers (RSAs), Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) logic analyzers and Performance Network Analyzer (PNAs)

Experience interfacing with internal and external customers and finding technical solutions to complex requirements

Knowledge of cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management

Experience transitioning designs from early concept to deliverable products

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

RTX

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RTX is comprised of three market-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – working as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.

Founded in 1922

Arlington, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees