Responsible for product design and validation, including documentation, evaluation and deployment of products. Responsible for working closely with planning, procurement, manufacturing, engineering, design/drafting, assembly, test and production personnel in the development, design, validation and deployment of cost effective, reliable products. Also responsible for modification, validation and deployment of the design changes of existing products. Analyzes and specifies equipment to establish solutions to complex problems. Conducts experimental tests and evaluates results. Selects and specifies components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability criteria. Also reviews vendor capabilities and makes vendor recommendations. Responsible for oral and written presentations, project planning, design reviews and reports for customers, colleagues and management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Excerises judgement in seleciting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Qualifications and Competencies:

Knowledge and design experience with microwave (5-26.5 GHz) and/or millimeter wave (26.5-50 GHz) products and technologies
Knowledge and experience with cascaded RF chain design including: Gain, Amplitude and phase flatness, Noise power, Intermodulation, spectral re-growth and noise power distortion, Phase noise, Spurious, Temperature and vibration induced issues
Knowledge and experience with: Specifying microwave components, Microwave/millimeter wave component vendors, Isolators, filters, Waveguide Assemblies, Solid State Amplifiers, Linearizers, Cables etc.
Knowledge and experience with: Phase noise, AM/AM & AM/PM, phase matching
Knowledge and experience of devices including: Power Amplifiers (>25 watts), Frequency converters (up and down), Low noise and medium power solid state amplifiers, PIN diode attenuators, Pre-distortion, Filters, Mixers, Coupler, Power combiners, Power dividers, Waveguide components and transitions
Knowledge and experience of mechanical packaging
Knowledge and experience digital and analog control systems
Knowledge and experience of power supplies
Strong knowledge and experience of root cause identification
Knowledge and experience with MIL-STD requirements and testing
Well-developed analytical skills and well-developed documentation skills
Solid practical experience base
Creative
Enthusiastic team player
Disciplined approach to product design, documentation and validation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able and willing to work in a highly collaborative environment
Able and willing to do hands on work
Able to appreciate and act on business driven issues
Ability to manage projects and project teams
Good multi-tasking skills
History of successful product development and delivery
Able to make appropriate technology choices
Demonstrated track record of working closely with other team members in a fast paced environment to bring development concepts into high yield, reliable production components, assemblies and products.
Education and/or Experience: Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience designing, developing and production releasing of products. Requires a BS in Electrical Engineering. MS in electrical engineering preferred.

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