Principal RF/Analog Design Engineer - CAES

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives.  Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world’s most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities?  Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement?  Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment?  One that values YOU.  Consider CAES.

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Have a passion for all things RF Design? The RF Engineering Development department of #CAES has a career growth opportunity for a Principal RF/Analog Design Engineer at our sprawling campus in Lansdale, PA (Montgomery County).  This role will design and test various RF and RF related analog architectures. The Engineer must have a strong intuition in basic RF/Analog building block, backed by simulation and circuit analysis. The Engineer provides the circuit designs based on the performance spec, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability requirements. The Engineer collaborate with Thermal, Reliability, Mechanical, Power, and System Engineering teams, contributing in identifying key risk factors and driving requirements for components interfacing with the design. 

• Design RF Circuits using simulation tools, generate BOM, and identify necessary equipment and components to perform test.
• Interface with a layout engineer for PCB tape-out.
• Tune and troubleshoot RF Circuits to meet spec requirement in self-guided manner.
• Train and give technical guidance to other engineer.
• Identify the bottlenecks of the technical progress in early stage and address the issue.
• Understand & Provide Power supply, thermal, mechanical, & reliability requirement of RF components.
• Provide Input power, VSWR, & filtering requirements to System Engineering.
• Provide FIT against BOM list and evaluate possible failure paths.
• Assist Product transition from Engineering to Manufacturing, including writing Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) and assembly of RF Circuits.
  
  

Minimum:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or STEM Degree (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math).
• Five (5)  years of experience in design and tuning of RF circuit. 
• Five (5) years of experience RF circuit simulation and RF component testing.
• Five (5) years of experience with Product transition from Engineering to Manufacturing, including writing Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) and assembly of Power Amplifier.
• Three (3)  years of experience with ADS/AWR/SPICE circuit simulation experience.
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license.
• This position will require the ability to gain security clearance.

Preferred:

• MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
• Eight (8) plus years of experience in design and tuning of RF circuits, RF circuit simulation and RF component testing.
• Design experience in RF components, such as combiner, filter, switch, mixer, circulator, VCO, Power Amp and antenna.
• HFSS simulation experience.
• Familiarity with thermal consideration in RF components.
• PCB/chip-on-board design, test, and layout experience.
• MTBF calculation and circuit failure analysis experience.
• MMIC design and experience in interacting with Foundry.
• GaN, GaAs, InP or LDMOS semiconductor experience.
• Load-Pull experience.
• Good oral and written communication skills to interface with key internal and external customers.
• Active DOD Secret Clearance.

Salary Range: [Principal RF Engineer]: $140,000 - $180,000. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. 

EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry.  From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.