Radio Frequency Engineer jobs in New York

VICTOR, NY /META ADVANCED SIGNALS – Senior RF (Radio Frequency) Engineer /FULL TIME

Position Summary 
Reporting to Metrea Advanced Signals’ (MAS) Scientist and supporting Metrea Aerospace’s overall engineering efforts, the Senior RF Engineer will join our busy team specializing in state-of-the-art military communications and signals intelligence products. All our teams operate in a small and agile environment which allows our engineering personnel to work independently on a wide variety of systems and products. Our mix of product development and R&D also provides our engineering staff a constant flow of new and interesting projects.

The Senior RF Engineer must be able to assist in the development and transition of proof of concept and rapid prototype solutions into scalable quality production ready systems. Must be able to develop maintenance and sustainment CONOPS for fielded production systems including handling technology insertion roadmaps and handling obsolescence issues. As a member of MAS, have clear communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to develop trusting relationships with peer, senior, and junior teammates across the enterprise This position provides the opportunity to grow business knowledge in a dynamic, ever-evolving aerospace company.

The Senior RF Engineer works closely across the staff to ensure transparency in methodologies and processes across Metrea Aerospace.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each duty listed below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Senior RF Engineer RESPONSIBILITIES: Developing the Metrea Capability (“ΟΝ”)  

Process, Systems & Frameworks Development: Support the design, development, and management of small teams of mixed engineering disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Software; in schedule and resource constrained high priority projects with particular focus on the implementation of effective, efficient, and scalable technologies and processes that assist in execution of the business, and customer and mission support. 

Support the development of the necessary engineering frameworks and models, and in partnership across Metrea Aerospace, acquire and implement systems, capabilities, and methodologies that will best facilitate customer support from tactical to strategic levels across the group.

Support the development of an overall technical solution that covers the entire product management lifecycle: working with end customers to discover current use cases, needs, and capabilities, developing CONOPS, solution architectures, requirements synthesis, and decomposition, trade studies, make vs buy decisions, and analysis of alternatives.

People Development: Identify areas of growth in Metrea Aerospace’s knowledge, skillsets, and attitudes, and develop a systematic approach to professional development and talent acquisition in order to build a high-performing systems engineering team.

Technology Development: Identify RF software, hardware, and infrastructure requirements to support Metrea and MAS and create a roadmap framework across Metrea Aerospace.

TEAMMATE RESPONSIBILITIES: Providing Support Capacity across Metrea (“IN”) 

Strategy BCA: Support the Strategy (STRAT) BCA to inform enterprise strategy with key MAS and Metrea Aerospace considerations and remain an active participant on all major enterprise engineering decisions, to include the commencement of new software, hardware, and infrastructure capabilities. 

Operations BCA: Work closely with the MAS and the Electromagnetic & Cyber Group (EMCG) Leadership Team to inform the design, implementation, and further development of Metrea Aerospace’s technical and engineering methodologies.

Legal BCA: Provide LEG/Compliance with the EMCG’s inputs that are required to perform all necessary compliance functions and ensure that Metrea’s compliance policies cover all known requirements as required.

Work closely with LEG/Contracts to ensure that contract structuring & economics supports business objectives and customer requirements.

Competency Statements

• Must be able to interface with mid-level to senior external/internal customers and have excellent presentation skills.
• Must be able and willing to operate against deadlines with accuracy and a strong attention to detail.
• Must be results-oriented and demonstrate strategic thinking, innovation, flexibility in dealing with changing and ambiguous situations.
• Contribute to comprehensive accountability processes, to include capabilities, solutions, time, costs, and analysis in support of proposal development or departmental budgeting & forecasting.
• Must be able to work with confidential data, which if disclosed, might have significant internal and external impact on the organization.
• Moderate Microsoft Office skills.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Required Education, Experience and Certificates

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or physics
• 5 years’ experience in RF hardware development
• Strong grasp of RF and antenna design concepts
• Ability to perform cascade analysis of RF transceiver systems
• Experience with RF circuit design software such as ADS/MWO and schematic capture tools such as OrCAD or DxDesigner
• Proficient at RF and high-speed PCB layout including material selection and shielding.
• A passion for hands-on design and hardware development, including working as a team player in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of modern communication systems concepts (RF, IF/IQ, time/frequency domains, modulation)
• Ability to work with a small team of hardware and software engineers to build cutting edge products
• Must be able to work with multiple engineering disciplines, communicate effectively with customers, business development staff, program and project management staff, manufacturing engineering, production, field support, and training staff
• Computer Skills: strong understanding in Microsoft Office Suite Programs; Word, Excel, PowerPoint

 Preferred Education, Experience and Certificates

• Master’s in electrical engineering or physics.
• Experience with antenna design utilizing 3D EM software such as CST or HFSS.
• Comfortable in the design and application of mmWave components and circuits

 Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must have good command of the English language; oral and written. 
• Work Authorization/Security Clearance
• Ideally hold some level of Security Clearance or able to apply for one
• Experience within the aerospace, defense, security and/or government contracting and logistics across several programs and/or projects simultaneously.
• Moderate experience in capturing customer requirements and assisting in the development of statements of work (SOW), plans of action and milestones, and customer interactions.
• Basic understanding of the policies, processes, priorities, and organization of the US Government in general, and the Department of Defense in particular, around national security matters.
• Moderate knowledge of the human terrain around the US Government’s SI/EW and communication community. 
• Ability to interact with industry, scientific, technology, military, policy, and finance communities and utilized knowledge gained to support logistical operations.
• Ability to communicate effectively across cultures, regions and industries, and experience in working in diverse international environments.
• Highly developed sense of judgement and maturity. 
• Intellectually curious, with strong critical thinking skills and attention to detail. 
• Ability to learn new environments and pick up new subjects quickly.
• Ability to obtain and filter information and identify key issues relevant to the achievement of long-term strategic goals.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve.
• Strong organizational skills, discipline, with a high sense of reliability, discretion, and confidentiality. 
• Proven ability to work effectively in, and leverage a highly collaborative, matrixed environment to achieve project ends.
• Ability to prioritize judiciously and blend flexibility with disciplined execution, to manage competing demands.
• Capacity to balance strategic vs. operational mind-sets and results vs. process orientation. Strongly orientated towards performance with solid and consistent ethical compass.