Job Category: Engineering

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Doylestown PA (onsite)

Bucks County manufacturer is an industry leader in flight vehicle transmitters and receivers used to transmit telemetry and command/control between various Aviation, Munitions, Space Launch vehicles/Satellites and the ground monitoring systems used in R&D and flight launch. These products offer their customers high reliability under some of the most extreme operating environments, with high efficiency, in small form factors.

Requirements include:

• BSEE ( MSEE preferred)

• 10-15 years of relevant experience in Aerospace/Defense Industries

• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

• Well organized and detail-oriented team player but able to operate independently

• Independent problem solver

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to manage multiple projects

• Ability to prepare organized and timely test and progress reports

• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information

• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power-Point, Visio, Adobe Acrobat and Outlook email applications

• Proficiency in design tools, such as Microwave Office, AutoCAD and PADS or Altium

• Minimal travel required

• Must be very comfortable working directly with the management team

Position will support all product life phases including:

• Propose / Requirements Development/Architect

• Design / Develop/Trade Analyses

• Test / Evaluate / Prototype

• Production Support / Failure analysis

• Customer and Sales Support (Limited travel)

Candidate should have first-hand experience in:

• RF development work in frequency ranges from UHF to C-Band, minimally

• RF design studies and analysis (manually and with simulations tools)

• Breadboarding and RFIC Component performance testing and evaluation

• Prototyping and final design creation and support, including initial PCB layout guidance and review

• Engineering documentation generation and support (Microsoft Office Suite of Tools)

• Parts Selection and Bill of Materials generation and support

• Test Plans and Reports

• Engineering Review Packages, including customer attended design reviews and presentation

• Production, Test, and Assembly documentation

• Managing product testing both in-house and at third-party sub tiers

• Design and development of RF Power Amplifiers, Modulators, Synthesizer/PLL, Splitters / Combiners

• Legacy analog techniques, such as OP Amp filters and control circuits

• Understanding and development of present-day digital RF modulation techniques

Ideal candidate would also have prior experience in, or a desire to learn, the following areas of expertise:

• DC-DC Converter (Switch-Mode Power Supply) designs up to 100 Watts

• Communications analysis, link margin, BER and Modulation Efficiency

• Co-design and co-architect modern DSP based transmitters and receivers, working with an embedded/digital designer

• Serial I/O protocols, such as RS-232, RS422/485, I2C, SPI, as well as Ethernet