Principal RF System Engineer

The Defense Systems group at Leidos currently has an opening for a 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

• Perform research design and development of electrical equipment and systems.
• Design various RF/Microwave circuit card assemblies and modules including power amplifiers front end receivers frequency conversions filters and switches from DC to milli-meter wave frequencies
• Perform RF cascaded analysis link budget simulation and hardware evaluation
• Create design schematic using Altium design tool BOM and layout requirements for printed wiring board layer stack-up component placements and RF routing
• Generate test procedures/plans test reports RF requirements & specifications and data analysis/presentation
• Perform requirements management & traceability for various antenna systems
• Perform phased array antenna measurements in near and far field ranges
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers
• 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 10 years minimum of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Must be well-versed in the following: RF/MW circuit design high frequency & high-power multilayer PCB-based design receiver & frequency converter system design including frequency planning & spur analysis knowledge of various RF components and knowledge of basic antenna design
• Experience in testing RF parameters and use of RF test equipment including network analysis spectrum analysis power meter frequency source digital scope and others.
• Proficient in using Matlab and RF simulation tools such as Microwave Office and Ansys HFSS.
• Experience in HW integration and corresponding HW & SW integration.
• Excellent communication skills- oral and written.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Security Clearance.
• Experienced in phased array antennas and software defined radio (SDR) designs for communication systems.
• Design experience and collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines such as digital mechanical software/firmware and manufacturing engineering.
• Experience with the following:
  • Hardware design (RF digital and analog) to include printed wiring board (PWB) layout schematic and wide knowledge of PWB fabrication process and methodologies.
  • Design life cycles and various environmental requirements
  • Antenna measurement and in using nearfield antenna range
• Troubleshooting RF subsystems

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