RF Communications Engineering Lead

Job Title: RF Communications Engineering Lead

Job ID: 22089

Job Location: Mason OH

Schedule: 9/80 Schedule (off every other Friday)

About Space & Sensors:

L3Harris Space & Sensors Division headquartered in Mason Ohio designs develops and manufactures complex systems (electronic avionics transceivers transmitters electrooptical and electromechanical) for the defense aerospace and commercial markets. L3Harris is a recognized leader in ElectroOptical technologies that enable systems to support surveillance reconnaissance threat detection and selfprotection missions. Our worldclass Space Avionics systems include equipment for Mars Rover/Landers/Orbiters Launch Vehicles and Imaging Satellite Communications.

Job Description:

We are currently seeking a Lead RF Communications Enginer with experience in RF electrical design requirement development RF modeling material measurement and RF testing and integration to join our Space & Sensors Team. You will have the opportunity to work various programs solving our customers most difficult technical challenges on cutting edge and worldclass Space Avionics systems Including Mars Rover/Landers/Orbiters Space Launch System vehicles Moon Missions and Imaging Satellite Communications equipment.

RF Communicaions lead will be the technical lead of the program team perform technical planning system integration validation and verification cost and risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total RF communication systems. Analyses are performed at all levels to include concept design fabrication test installation operation maintenance and disposal. Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total RF systems solutions that acknowledge technical schedule and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis timeline analysis detail trade studies requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Recent experience with modulators amplifiers oscillators filters high frequency packaging and RF test equipment is required.

Essential Functions:

• Be a Subject Matter Expert in RF Communications for Space Communication programs.
• Lead RF design team at the circuit level to ensure compliance to unit and system level requirements.
• Lead technical planning system integration validation and verification activities in support of programs and development efforts for the Space RF portfolio.
• Complex Problem Solving Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Judgment and Decision Making Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution.
• Systems Analysis Determine how an RF system should work and how changes in conditions operations and the environment will affect outcomes particularly in terms of spectral performance and data error rate performance.
• Systems Evaluation Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the goals of the system.
• Customer Interaction Technical Point of Contact to our customers and our suppliers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Electronics Computer Physics or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 9 years of experience as a Systems Engineer or Graduate/Masters Degree with a minimum of 7 years prior related experience. In lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience designing developing testing and delivering RF circuits and electronic units and have a comprehensive understanding of electronic components methodology and circuits.
• Experience leading a technical team with multiple engineering disciplines
• Ability to obtain a security clearance from the U.S. Government which requires U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers vendors and leadership with minimal oversight
• Prior systems engineering experience on at least five programs with at least one program being a medium scale complex system or subsystem
• Demonstrated experience in the architecture specification implementation simulation test verification validation and debugging of digital based units systems avionics systems and/or control systems.
• Demonstrated experience with microwave circuit designs for highbandwidth upconverters mixers drivers and power amplifiers at UHF S X and/or Kuband ranges.
• Demonstrated experience with modulators amplifiers oscillators filters high frequency packaging and RF test equipment
• Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution
• System test and evaluation requirements development experience is a requirement.
• Knowledge of military and/or NASA component specifications design processes and hardware test/verification procedures.

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