RF Microwave Design Engineer Level 5 (Antenna Modeling)

Leading a team of antenna design engineers and RF analysts through the design, modeling and simulation of complex and highly integrated antenna systems. Overseeing various RF analysis including antenna patterns, RF chain, link budgets, and installed performance. Providing RF performance characterization to drive antenna architecture and design decisions. Leading development of RF antenna modeling software tools in support of an enterprise tool suite. Integrating multiple data sets / components to characterize antenna sub-system performance. Presenting to internal and external customers. Mentoring junior engineers on antenna design and analysis. Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline (STEM) with a minimum of 12 years of design experience or 10 years of experience with a master's degree or 7 years with a Ph.D. Extensive antenna design and analysis experience for architectures including phased arrays, reflector antennas, phased array fed reflectors, and reflectarrays. Extensive experience with scientific programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, C#, C++, and Julia. Experience developing Python packages for internal deployment. Experience with GUI development to create user-friendly interfaces for internal scientific applications. Experience with CEM modeling tools such as TICRA, HFSS, and CST. Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications Experience leading teams, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems No clearance required to start but must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access US Citizenship Required Expertise in ESA antenna design and analysis experience from concept design through AI&T Experience developing complex antenna architectures Ability to derive antenna performance requirements and flow to subassemblies and components Previous experience leading antenna design teams Have completed phased array, reflector, and PAFR design and analysis Have completed radiator, manifold or tile designs Active TS/SCI