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BAE Systems, Inc. · 4 hours ago

Senior Principal Antenna Engineer

Merrimack, NH

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $222K/yr

8+ years exp

BAE Systems is seeking a Principal LO Antenna Design Engineer to work in their Merrimack, NH location. The role involves leading technical teams in the design and manufacture of LO Antenna systems, working independently to ensure conformance with specifications and customer requirements, and supervising both peers and junior engineers.

Defense & Space

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead Antenna technical teams in the design, analysis, test, and manufacture of LO Antenna Systems

Work independently with minimal technical direction

Develop and manage system level RF and Radar Cross Section (RCS) requirements

Develop operational systems concepts and assist with system architecture trade studies

Define Antenna Specifications and requirements

Verify and validate aspects of system design to ensure conformance with functional specification and customer requirements

Define the technical approach and details of antenna design (Gain, VSWR, FOV, RCS, etc)

Supervise both peers and more junior engineers

Work hands-on with antenna assembly personnel (Operations) fabricating prototypes, antenna test, debug, integration and support of product manufacture and qualification

Responsible for all aspects of antenna testing (Gain/Pattern and RCS as required) and provide support to production

Present to customers (internal and external) and provide inputs into program budgets and schedules

Provide major inputs to proposals

Qualification

Antenna designLink budget analysisPropagation modelingRadar Cross Section (RCS)Transceiver cascade analysisSignal processingMATLABHFSSMS OfficeFEKO

Required

Bachelors degree in related engineering field and 8 years hands on experience

Solid understanding of the fundamental trades within the entire antenna sub system is required

The aperture domain as well as the RF electronics

Experience with link budget analysis and propagation modeling are required to properly size the components within the antenna sub system relative to platform and channel constraints

Radar Cross Section (RCS) Experience is highly desirable

An understanding of transceiver cascade analysis and signal processing is desired to support the interface between the antenna sub system and the transceiver

MS Office proficient, MATLAB Proficient, HFSS Proficient, FEKO desired

Eligible for a SAP/SAR Clearance