RF Systems Engineer - Masco Corporation

TEKsystems is seeking RF Engineers to support a multi-year project in Seattle, WA

This position is a long term contract role on a W2 basis

This position is onsite in the Seattle, WA area 5 days per week.

Candidates must have reliable transportation and live in the surrounding area

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US for any employer

This position is not able to provide sponsorship for any work visa.

Top Required Skills:

1. Experience working with Radio Frequency (RF) and lab set ups, and tools such as Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Signal Generator, Spectrum Analyzer

2. Networking fundamentals and network hardware troubleshooting

3. Linux experience, need to be able to log into Linux servers

4. Python, more of a "nice to have"

Other Desired Skills and Experience:



+ Aerospace Experience


+ Hardware Experience (running cables, rack and stack, installations, monitoring)


+ Networking (DHCP vs DNS, STP spanning tree protocol, Subnets Vs VLANs)


+ Linux Commands (searching for networks on Linux, memory info, etc)


+ Prototyping


+ Programming Experience (Languages, MATLAB, scripts from scratch)


+ Device Testing (monitoring temperatures etc)


+ Electrical Experience (PCB layouts, GPS)



Description

This project is an ambitious initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The networking group is responsible for moving customer traffic across client hardware. The Software Health Automation team owns labs, infrastructure and services used to raise the quality bar by creating robust CI/CD systems that build and test the code on real hardware. In this role, you will design, build and maintain the lab infrastructure. You will be hands on, making sure lab devices are available for testing, while scaling team’s processes to ensure long term success. You will work hand in hand with development teams from software and hardware as well as program management and other stakeholders to make sure we can rapidly deliver high quality software.

Key job responsibilities:

• Design, set up and maintain test fixtures to verify software on real hardware

• Write software and scripts for operations to keep things running and highly available

• Troubleshoot software and hardware problems with pre-production equipment

• Contribute to engineering efforts from design to implementation, solving complex technical challenges around developer and engineering productivity and velocity especially as it relates to rapid test iteration

• Design and build advanced automated build, test and release infrastructure

• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability

Day to Day Responsibilities:

The successful applicant will be experienced in keeping technical infrastructure running smoothly and balancing high priority issues. You should be comfortable taking on ambiguous challenges like setting up new pre-production hardware for the first time. You should be able to define SOPs, metrics and alarms to keep equipment and test infrastructure highly available and expand the teams capabilities over time. You will be invaluable to enabling the team to move quickly and confidently with robust verification frameworks that scale with our systems.

Environment:

This is a demanding, collaborative, and fast paced work environment and candidates will need to be highly self motivated strong critical thinkers. Work is completed to a very high standard level.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development or IT experience

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical field.

• 2+ years of experience in any of the following: test lab support, operational hardware support

• 2+ years of experience with test automation, debugging, building test tools and testing frameworks

• 2+ years of experience working with Linux based systems

• 2+ years of experience in computer networking (admin level)

Preferred qualifications

• Highly autonomous, very detail oriented, and willing to learn new skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to interact efficiently with peers and customers is required

• The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment is essential

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization

• Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools and experience in developing product test harnesses and instrumenting products to gather test results

• Experience creating and expanding powerful automated testing tools and frameworks

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:



+ Medical, dental & vision


+ 401(k)/Roth


+ Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)


+ Short and long-term disability


+ Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HAS & DCFSA)


+ Transportation benefits


+ Employee Assistance Program


+ Time off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)



Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $65.00

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Seattle,WA.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Jan 10, 2025.







About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.



The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.