Company Overview

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

Job Summary

We are looking for Sr. RF Engineer that will work individually with our team’s engineers, management and subcontractors to develop competitive solutions for contract R&D and product development proposals

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop RF/Microwave SMS solutions to meet requirements using steady-state modeling and dynamic modeling; assess cost, risk, and compliance for the solution; and ensure all design work has been validated and thoroughly documented prior to release.
• Assess product performance against requirements through direction of verification/validation testing, evaluation of compliance matrix, and failure mode analysis. 
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines as required and appropriate to coordinate systems activities and ensure thorough, accurate documentation of those activities.
• Work in an integrated product team to incorporate SMS solutions into products including participation in the assessment of performance. 
• Communicate challenges, approaches, and results both within the team with customers, and support the Project Line Manager in setting and meeting costs and schedules.
• Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art signal mitigation system solutions through participation in professional organizations, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and engaging in educational opportunities.

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement(s)

• Communication – Ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both oral and written. 
• Adaptability- Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities
• Job Knowledge- Understand facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current.
• Dependability – Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, good attendance record.
• Quality – Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products/services.
• Ethics – Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
• Initiative – Acts, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion.
• Decision Making – Able to reach a decision, takes thoughtful approach when considering others, makes difficult decisions.
• Customer Service – Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers.
• Technical Skill – Maintains current knowledge of processes/equip, uses technology to increase performance/productivity.
• Employee Development- Offers feedback, coaches employees appropriately, takes mentoring role, challenges and develops employees.

Experience and Skills

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

• Proven track record of solving complex RF and microwave electronic design challenges.
• Technical expertise in the area of radar cross section (RCS) reduction for radomes and antennas.
• Demonstrated experience in analysis, design, and testing of RF materials, subsystems, and systems, especially for DoD applications, radars, and signal mitigation systems.
• Knowledge of RCS reduction techniques and RCS validation testing.
• Experience developing electromagnetic models and simulations for RF systems using codes such as HFSS, CST, MATLAB
• “Hand’s on” experience in fabrication process development, testing and characterization of RF components, subsystems, and systems.
• Ability to support concurrent activities and tasks in multiple programs.
• Experience in writing, winning, and executing R&D contracts and grants for DoD and/or other US government agencies.
• Ability to work with Defense Prime Contractors and DoD SMEs 
• Understanding of electromagnetic fundamentals.
• Experience in the application of design of experiments (DOE) methodologies
• Ability to work in an integrated product/process team environment.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Ability to travel, as required, to prospective and existing customers and vendors, attend conferences and trade shows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interface with internal and external stakeholders, document and present results, analyses and design efforts

Education

• PhD or MS with 5 years of experience in RF, microwave frequencies or related.

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender/ Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran

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