Secret-Cleared RFAnalog Electrical Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Secret-Cleared RF/Analog Electrical Engineer in Rolling Meadows Illinois for an approximately five-month onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will support full lifecycle development of RF analog mixed-signal and electro-optical hardware from requirements and circuit design through prototyping integration verification production and field support. The engineer will work on complex electronic warfare and sensing hardware in a cross-functional engineering and manufacturing environment.

Required Skills

• Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of electronics design experience or masters degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of electronics design experience.
• Senior-level candidates may qualify with a bachelors degree in STEM and 8 years of electronics design experience or a masters degree in STEM and 6 years of electronics design experience.
• RF and/or analog circuit design experience from schematic capture through test and integration.
• Hands-on prototyping troubleshooting and debug experience with complex RF subsystems.
• Experience developing circuit cards incorporating components such as amplifiers mixers control systems ADCs DACs and/or phase-locked loops.
• Ability to translate system performance and operational requirements into hardware requirements design specifications and test requirements.
• Experience with RF analog mixed-signal and/or electro-optical component design and analysis.
• Familiarity with engineering documentation configuration control and requirements-management tools such as DOORS ClearCase and ClearQuest.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Interim Secret clearance required prior to starting.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 7 years of RF and/or mixed-signal electronics design experience.
• Knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
• Recent circuit-card design experience using Cadence Concept Allegro Mentor DxDesigner and/or Expedition.
• Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS).
• Experience with MATLAB modeling and simulation.
• Experience with SPICE modeling tools.
• Experience designing electro-optical circuitry controls detectors and data-conversion hardware.
• Current Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Strong communication collaboration and independent problem-solving skills.

What Youll Do

• Perform full lifecycle RF and analog hardware development from system concept through field support.
• Research design and develop RF analog mixed-signal signal-conversion and electro-optical products.
• Develop circuit-level hardware using MMICs discrete devices data converters controls and related technologies.
• Create schematics and support circuit-card design layout integration and verification.
• Prototype and debug complex RF subsystems and circuit-card assemblies.
• Perform modeling simulation laboratory testing and design verification.
• Translate system-level performance requirements into hardware architectures and detailed design requirements.
• Develop test specifications and support subsystem and circuit-level testing.
• Support design reviews documentation revision control and configuration-management activities.
• Collaborate with Engineering Manufacturing and Program Management throughout product development and production.

Work Schedule / Shift

• Full-time onsite in Rolling Meadows Illinois.
• 9/80 A schedule.

Pay

• $93.47 per hour.

Job ID: 1929

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