Senior Principal RF Antenna System Engineer
Senior Principal RF Antenna System Engineer
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$ 126100 - 227950
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Job Description
The Defense Systems group at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Principal RF Antenna System Engineer to work in our St.Petersburg FL office. The Leidos facility in St. Petersburg provides design development modeling and simulation analysis prototyping and testing of advanced electronic systems with a focus on embedded communication systems Software Defined Radios and Phased Array Antenna Systems to various DOD and commercial customers.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead a multidiscipline team of engineers to design analysis/simulation test and manufacture of phased array antenna systems.
- Perform technical oversight work with customers and programs to develop antenna system concepts that lead to defined antenna system requirements and specifications and perform trade studies.
- Generate technical documentation including system architectures test plans/procedures test reports and providing recommendations on technologies and industry trending.
- Contribute to future capture/pursuit opportunities including white papers RFI responses or proposal of technical volumes.
Basic Qualifications
- Candidate must be a US citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
- Requires BS degree and 15 to 20 years prior relevant experience or Masters with 1318 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience in designing simulating fabricating and testing of various shaped (planar cylindrical spherical etc. complex phased array antenna systems.
- Experience in measuring phased array antenna in near and far field systems and processed algorithms for near field to far field.
- Proficient with modeling and simulation tools such as HFSS FEKO and Matlab.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a multidisciplined engineering team and to hold technical design reviews (SRR PDR CDR and TIM) with customers.
- A broad knowledge of project management
- Excellent communication skills oral and written
Preferred Qualifications
- Active Security Clearance
- Possessed strong understanding of electromagnetic theory and concepts phased array antenna systems and RF/Microwave systems.
- Experience in developing algorithms to enhanced phased array antenna such as nulling selfhealing and digital beamforming.
- Experience in working in various type of antenna facilities and use of antenna test and measurement equipment such as network analyzer spectrum analyzer RF power meter and RF signal generator.
- Working knowledge of the radio frequency spectrum and modern communication infrastructures to include signal structures propagation modulation types data rates multiplexing/demultiplexing methods
Original Posting Date:
While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $126100.00 $227950.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
