RF Engineer

Smiths Detection - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Los Angeles, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The RF Engineer position at Smiths Interconnect involves technical responsibility for RF/microwave/mmW hardware, focusing on the entire product lifecycle for bespoke electronics modules and systems in the aerospace and defense market. The role requires collaboration within an integrated process team environment, engaging in research, design, prototyping, and customer support for various RF applications.

Responsibilities

• Have technical responsibility for all aspects of the RF/microwave/mmW hardware within our products, inclusive of UHF through 40GHz.
• Participate in the entire product lifecycle for bespoke electronics modules, subsystems, and systems for the aerospace and defense market, including for RADAR, EW, SIGINT, comm, and satcom.
• Work in an integrated process team (IPT) environment, along with program management, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and other engineering disciplines.
• Perform research, architecture trades, estimate recurring and non-recurring hardware and activities, analyze circuits, write technical proposals, select active and passive devices, design single layer substrates and single to multi-layer printed circuit boards, prototyping, verification, customer support, manufacturing support, and sustainment.

Requirements

• Competent in RF linear and non-linear circuit simulation using Cadence AWR or ADS.
• Experience with 2.5D and 3D electromagnetic problems and simulation tools.
• Experience with multi-layer printed wiring boards (PWB) design and layout up to 20 GHz.
• Experience with single-layer duroid and ceramic layout up to 40GHz.
• Experience with chip & wire/bare die design, interconnect, and modeling of interconnect.
• Competent in analog DC, AC, and transient circuit simulation using SPICE or derivative.
• Competent in RF measurements and design validation procedures.
• 5 to 10 years of progressively increasing experience and responsibility for hardware development through at least 20GHz.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with MMIC development through 40GHz.
• Knowledgeable of system architecture and block diagram planning of up converters and down converters.
• Experience with RF system modeling using Cadence AWR VSS.
• Knowledgeable of frequency planning and mixer spurious analysis for up and down converters.
• Knowledgeable of phase noise requirements, cascaded phase noise performance, and connection to hardware implementation methods.
• Knowledgeable with millimeter-wave electronics through 100GHz.
• General knowledge of the requirements for and design of microwave sources, LNAs, SSPAs, mixers, filters, and synthesizers.