Senior Principal, RF Engineer

Senior Principal RF Engineer. Position Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior Principal RF Engineer to serve as the organization's technical authority and RF Subject Matter Expert (SME). This individual will provide strategic and hands-on technical leadership across Engineering, Business Development, and Executive Management while leading the design and development of advanced RF/microwave receivers, frequency converters, and related technologies supporting SIGINT, Electronic Warfare (EW), and radar applications . The ideal candidate is an accomplished RF design engineer with extensive experience developing high-performance RF/microwave systems, driving technology innovation, engaging with customers, and mentoring engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Serve as the organization's RF Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical leadership across Engineering, Executive Management, Sales, and Business Development.

Lead the design and development of advanced RF/microwave receivers, frequency converters, and related products for SIGINT, EW, and radar applications.

Develop and execute the multi-year technology roadmap, including IRAD and CRAD initiatives aligned with the company's strategic objectives.

Perform system-level architecture design, including requirements analysis, frequency planning, cascade analysis, and system trade studies.

Act as the lead RF design engineer and primary technical contributor on critical development programs.

Collaborate directly with customers to define technical requirements, concepts, and innovative solutions for new product development.

Lead internal and customer design reviews, including technical presentations, documentation, and project execution.

Support Business Development by contributing to technical proposals, white papers, customer presentations, and strategic pursuits.

Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineering teams, fostering engineering excellence and innovation.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline with 15+ years of RF/microwave circuit design experience, or a Master's degree with 13+ years of relevant experience.

Extensive experience designing high-performance RF/microwave products with demanding requirements, including: Low noise figure

Low phase noise

Excellent second- and third-order intercept performance

Strong hands-on experience designing PCB-based RF/microwave circuitry for receivers and frequency converters operating to 18 GHz and beyond .

Expertise in receiver and frequency converter design, including: Frequency planning

Spur analysis

RF/microwave filter technologies

Cascade gain/noise/intercept (GNIP) analysis

Microwave mixers

PLL-based frequency generation

RF design trade-off analysis

Experience with RF design tools such as Keysight Genesys, OrCAD, MATLAB, PSpice , or equivalent.

Demonstrated technical leadership with the ability to mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Active Secret Security Clearance with eligibility to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Ability to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing wide-bandwidth, high dynamic range superheterodyne receivers.

• Experience with millimeter-wave (mmWave) designs, wideband digitization, and low SWaP solutions.

• Active Top Secret (TS) or TS/SCI security clearance.