Principal RF Antenna and Radome Design Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-01-28

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ852: RMS AP Bldg M02 1151 East Hermans Road Building M02, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

The RF Antenna Team at Raytheon is seeking a talented Principal Engineer to join our team in Tucson, AZ.

The candidate will be responsible for leading and shaping antenna, radome, and antenna measurement system technology within the Company. The selected candidate will also be expected to lead diverse teams, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and work with the Engineering organization to establish technology roadmaps, enable modernization, and contribute to general innovation. In addition, the candidate will work with government personnel and programs, and define and refine requirements to validate hardware compliance. The candidate will be responsible for providing guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to other employees across the business within the candidate’s areas of expertise.

This position is an onsite role, located in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Development of antenna or radome hardware and requirements
• Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc.
• Work with antenna manufacturing suppliers
• Analyze simulation or test data to verify performance to requirements

                                                                                

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 6 years of experience to include any combination of the following:
  • Antenna element design and fabrication
  • Antenna simulation and modeling
  • Antenna measurements in near or far field systems
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

  

Qualifications We Prefer

• Master of Science (MS) or PhD in electrical engineering
• Strong experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers in design reviews and technical interchange meetings
• Strong experience designing and delivering conformal antenna designs
• Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities from multiple sources
• Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment with positive interaction
• Demonstrated ability to put forth and drive technical execution plans
• Knowledgeable of management processes, such as IPDS, EVMS, etc.
• Experience presenting to FRB, ERB, CCB, MRB, etc.
• Understanding of near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
• Ability to design near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
• Understanding of complex threat environments and battlefields
• Experience designing datalink, flight termination, and telemetry antenna systems
• Experience designing GPS antenna systems
• Experience with being a Cost Account Manager or Integrate Product Team Lead
• Proficiency with Python, MATAB and/or other high level scientific programming languages
• Proficiency with high performance computing (HPC) environments and schedulers such as SLURM
• Proficiency with modeling & simulation tools such as HFSS, CST, FEKO, SENTRi and GRASP

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

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RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel