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BAE Systems, Inc. · 1 hour ago

Principal RF Test Engineer

Nashua, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$116K/yr - $197K/yr

4+ years exp

BAE Systems, Inc. is an international defense, aerospace, and security company that develops advanced electronics for air, land, sea, and space. They are seeking a Principal RF Test Engineer to design and develop automated test solutions and lead technical efforts for the Next Generation Electronic Warfare Systems Products and Solutions.

Defense & Space

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop automated test software solutions

Write test software that is mission critical

Assume a full or partial lead role as circumstances dictate

Provide accurate technical status to program management

Interface with other engineering disciplines as necessary

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringTest DevelopmentRF Measurement TechniquesObject-oriented ProgrammingHardware/Software IntegrationDigital Communication ProtocolsHW Debug & TroubleshootingNI Test Software ToolsSW Version ControlLeadership Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field

4+ years of professional test development and integration experience

Hardware and Software Integration experience

Possess good communication skills including interpersonal communication and team communication

Proficiency in Object-oriented programming (C/C++/C# etc.)

Experience with RF Measurement techniques and ability to diagnose and resolve to root cause measurement anomalies

Experience with RF test measurement methodology and development using a myriad of RF Test equipment (such as Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Generators, power meters, etc.….)

Preferred

Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain one

The ideal candidate would be familiar or experienced in NI Test Software Tools

TestStand

LabWindows/CVI Software

Instrument Communication

Network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Microwave/RF measurements

VSWR

Gain

Compression

Phase noise

S-Parameters

etc

Experience implementing digital communication protocols (MLVDS, RS232/485/422, PCI/PCIe, JTAG, SPI, I2C) in an automated test solution

Experience with the entire product life cycle development or parts of it: Requirements review, test plan creation, coding, integration of test SW with test stands, and sell-off to customers

Takes initiative and has a closure-oriented nature

Experience with SW version control and bug tracking tools

Experience in supporting factory production test stands, debug, problem isolation, and resolution

Experience with National Instruments FlexRIO (LabVIEW FPGA/VHDL/Verilog a plus)

JTAG/Boundary project development in an ATE solution

Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)

Git and Tortoise Git

Strong leadership skills

Experience in leading engineers on multiple projects/tasks

Experience with HW debug & troubleshooting