Radio Frequency Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Battelle is seeking a Radio Frequency Design Engineer to work in the Electronic Warfare group within the National Security Division. The position is located at Battelle Headquarters in Columbus, OH.

The RF Engineer will be responsible for leading development of complex RF / microwave systems, for utilization in Communications and Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions. The applicant must have extensive experience in microwave design techniques, FPGA and embedded system development, radio signal processing, simulation tools and microwave test equipment. This position will work closely with antenna engineers on state-of-the-art phased array antennas, requiring a solid foundational understanding of antenna design and phased array applications including Electronic Beam Steering (EBS) and Direction Finding (DF). A successful candidate will be capable of making technical presentations to peers, program leadership, and customers and assist in new business development.

Responsibilities

The candidate will provide knowledge and individual execution within engineering projects requiring design, prototyping, analysis, testing, fabrication and integration of RF / microwave systems, into multi-disciplinary engineering solutions. These solutions provide essential capabilities to operators in a wide variety of domains including communications, signal intelligence, radar, cyber and EW. Travel may be required.

• Ability to work independently, as well as direct and coordinate work of multi-disciplinary engineering teams to assure the successful development of RF systems.
• Mentor and train junior and mid-level engineers
• Engineering design process development and maturation
• Customer and sub-contractor coordination
• Leading the creation of technical content for proposals and white papers
• Create technical documentation, test plans and reports
• Conduct experiments and testing in both a laboratory and field environment

Key Qualifications

Microwave / RF system, subsystem and component analysis, design, prototyping and integration

Preferred Qualifications

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