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Posted by: PDS Tech <ldixon@pdstech.com> on September 21, 2009 at 14:36:07. Click here to reply to this post via Email.

Contract / Temp to Perm / Permanent: Contract
City: Sudbury
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Zip or Postal Code: 01776

Senior Principal Antenna and Microwave Engineer with IPT Leadership Skills

6 month contract in Sudbury, MA

This position requires a strong academic background and experience in antenna and radar system theory and design, including architectures and RF/Microwave components and subsystems. A strong working knowledge of antenna theory and phased array radar systems is required, including expertise with topics related to radar signal analysis such as aperture weighting functions, beam shape loss, sidelobe cancellation and blanking techniques, monopulse slope calculations, pulse compression waveforms, collapsing and integration loss calculations, dynamic range and stability budgets, clutter analysis, anti-jamming, etc. Familiarity with volume search calculations, target tracking statistics, and radar range resolution and accuracy is a plus. Candidates should have strong analytical skills in radar, antenna, and microwave systems, as well as hands-on experience in the testing of microwave components and antennas. The ability to assess the impact of aperture requirements on the rest of the radar system (e.g., receiver/exciter, power distribution, digital signal processor, etc.) is required. Candidates should have strong written and oral communications skills, and a desire to provide technical support for proposal activities. Team leadership skills including cost and schedule management experience are desired. Candidates should have a propensity for learning through self-study, and be comfortable in a multi-tasking environment.

Basic Qualifications

- MS degree in Electrical Engineering and 12 years experience relating to either antennas or microwave hardware, or

- BS Degree in Electrical Engineering and 14 years experience relating to either antennas or microwave hardware

Desired Qualifications

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Adept at Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

- History of successfully leading diverse IPTs consisting of hardware engineers with various backgrounds

- Risk Management Experience

- Ability to Present and adapt presentation materials to multiple levels of management both within Raytheon and within our customer organizations

- Strong desire to excel on the programmatic side of our various programs

Active Secret Clearance Required.
Must be a US Citizen.