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RF Engineer
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What they do
A Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer works with technology and electronic equipment that uses radio waves, from cell phones to radio stations. Designs, installs, and repairs systems and equipment that transmit radio signals. May specialize in design or maintenance; may focus on the design of transmission equipment, such as radio antennae, or manage larger systems such as networks of cell phone towers.
$133,086 / year median in Massachusetts
-6% projected decline
Job Description
Job Requirements Chelmsford, MA Secret Polygraph Unspecified Career Level not specified Salary not specified Join Premium to unlock estimated salaries Job Description RF Engineer
- 2nd
Shift Location:
Chelmsford, MA Job ID:
#72886Pay Range:
$82-97- Comments for Suppliers
- Contractor selected will be required to start and train on first shift for 6 weeks before moving to second shift.
First Shift Training Hours:
Day shift, Full-Time (M-TH) 6:00 AM- 4:30 PM Monday through
Thursday Second Shift Hours:
Shift:
4:00pm- 2:30am Monday through Thursday Please do not submit duplicate candidates to request #19839/20302/20306/22115/22116 Job Description We are seeking to hire an experienced RF engineering professional at our campus in Chelmsford, Massachusetts!
- In this role, the RF Engineer will have the opportunity to support the production of complex multi-function modules used in challenging high-reliability applications in all phases of the product life cycle.
- The engineer will work on complex technical problems and provide solutions that are innovative and ingenious.
- The engineer will act independently to uncover and resolve issues associated with the implementation of operational products.
- The engineering will collaborate with other engineering disciplines including hardware engineers, systems engineers, and circuit design engineers as well as technical and manufacturing support personnel.
- Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Basic requirements:
- Secret Clearance Required to start.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering preferred or BS Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) accepted plus a minimum of 5+ years of relevant professional engineering experience.
- Experience with troubleshooting designs and resolving integration issues in a production or manufacturing environment is required.
- Experience with hands on hardware
- Experience with the use of RF microwave test equipment and microwave simulation tools is required.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills are required.
Desired skills:
- An MS in electrical engineering or closely related technical field is desired.
- Significant relevant experience in the defense electronics industry is desired.
- Expertise with RF subsystems and hardware including antennas, transmitters, receivers, microwave components, low noise amplifiers, high power amplifiers, advanced electronic modules, amplifiers, mixers, switches, frequency generation circuits, and frequency conversion circuits is desired.
- Experience with microelectronics assembly techniques is desired.
- Expertise with technical documentation such as specifications, schematic drawings, and test date is desired.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience with customer interface including technical presentations.
- Prior RF design experience is preferred
- Ability to lead failure investigations on production or technical issues.
- Ability work in a team collaborative environment especially with manufacturing and industrial engineers and/or operator on production support.