Senior RF Subsystem Engineer

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

The candidate will be responsible for contributing to the analysis, design, and implementation of RF subsystems and sensors within missile products. The selected candidate will be expected to contribute RF subsystem/sensor support as part of an interdisciplinary team.

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

What You Will Do

• Design, test, and integrate RF sensors and subsystems across frequencies from MHz through millimeter-wave.

• Support the decomposition of system-level requirements into detailed RF component requirements.

• Measure RF components/sensors/subsystems, including performance in chamber and range environments.

• Perform modeling and analysis of link budgets, RF cascades, electromagnetic emissions (EME), antenna patterns, phase noise, receiver sensitivity, transmitter power, spurious signals, modulation, isolation, and ADC characteristics.               

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor of Science degree in Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

• A minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience to include any combination of the following:

  • Design, integration, and/or test of RF subsystems

  • Design, integration, and/or test of RF sensors

  • Experience interacting across engineering disciplines (e.g. Systems, Mechanical, SW, Algorithms, etc.) to define RF subsystem requirements and evaluate performance

• Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain special program access after start.   

Qualifications We Prefer

• Knowledge of RF component technologies, including circuit card assemblies (CCAs), waveguides, planar/printed antennas, RF modules, and/or monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs).

• Experience performing Link Budget analyses.

• Understanding of antenna patterns and RF measurements with antennas and electronics.

• Experience in concepts such as phase noise, mixer conversion spurs, automatic gain control (AGC), sensitivity, intermodulation distortion (IMD), bit error rate, instantaneous bandwidth, adjacent channel interference, and ADC measurements/calculations (Nyquist and SFDR).

• Familiarity with equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Signal Generators, and Arbitrary Waveform Generators (ARB Generators).

• Understanding of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic vulnerability (EMV) along with mitigation strategies in RF systems.

• Excellent written communication and oral presentation skills.

What We Offer

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

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

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This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information abo