Senior RF Engineer

The Mission Concepts & Capabilitis (MCC) division of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc.

is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to support the Naval Research Laboratory.  This person will help to build teams to capture, propose, and lead management and execution of R&D programs.

The right candidate will have experience leading and performing DOD Research and Development in directed energy weapons or RF countermeasure technology development and evaluation.

This position requires a candidate with experience leading and performing a variety of tasks to support Government leaders, including:


* DOD Research and Development in directed energy weapons or RF countermeasure technology development and evaluation


* Perform RF measurements and write associated test plans



* Experience supporting US Government clients


* Experience coordinating across multiple organizations

Required Qualifications:


* 10+ years of related experience


* B.Sc.

Electrical Engineering or Physics


* Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility 


* Five years’ experience in design, development and implementation of EW systems for DoD applications


* Five years’ experience with DoD research and development or intelligence organizations in directed energy weapons or RF countermeasure technology development or evaluation


* Experience working with intelligence organizations to understand the development program requirements and system, platform and threat vulnerabilities


* Demonstrated experience with analog and digital technique generation


* Working knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of technologies used to generate EW techniques


* Experience with automated data collection software, e.g.

LabView, MATLAB, C++, etc.


* Experience with automated RF design software, e.g.

Keysight ADS, Microwave Office, HFSS, etc.

Preferred Qualifications


* 15+ years of related experience

 

This position is contingent upon ARA receipt of a contract and associated task funding.

 

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences.

The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals.

ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets.

The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.

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