Systems Engineer, RF

Job objective:  Epirus designs and manufactures novel RF systems for a variety of platforms in a rapid development environment.  The Systems Engineer – RF role is a multidisciplinary role, with significant breadth (interacting with all engineering disciplines) and depth (from customer needs to unit-level specifications).  The Systems Engineer – RF role works particularly closely with the RF design team, facilitating Concept of Operations (CONOPS) definition, requirements definition and management at system, sub-system, and unit levels, integration, verification, and validation (IV&V) planning and execution, change management, interface definition, etc., for both Epirus-designed and vendor-purchased parts.  As a fast-moving technology company, Systems Engineering at Epirus focuses on supporting the other engineering teams and facilitating rapid development, rather than focusing on overly bureaucratic processes. 

• Work with the RF Design team to define and capture RF System architecture for Epirus products 
• Develop models for key performance parameters that can be used to derive requirements and perform trade studies/impact analyses for RF subsystems 
• Define and iterate on product concept of operations (CONOPS) 

• Coordinate key requirements with subsystem design teams; tracking requirement flow-down, changes, and verification for RF subsystems 
• Facilitate multi-discipline coordination across teams, including interface documentation for RF subsystems and dependencies across subsystems 
• Quick-turn change impact analysis to facilitate agile hardware development 
• Facilitate IV&V planning and preparation, including resource planning for RF subsystems, developing Acceptance and Qualification Test procedures hand-in-hand with RF Designers, and helping prepare Special Test Equipment 
• Ensure verification completeness and consistency across the engineering teams
• Develop system level test plans to exercise and measure RF functionality of the system
• Troubleshoot system level RF issues/failures and provide recommended paths forward 

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus in RF Engineering
• 3 - 10 years industry experience, preferably with experience spanning the entire product lifecycle (Concept to Delivery)
• US Citizen or permanent resident (future security clearance may be required) 

• Experience with Solid-State Power Amplifier designs
• Experience with GaN devices
• Experience with Phased Arrays
• Strong experience with VNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, and High-Speed Oscilloscopes
• Experience with Python development or other similar object-oriented languages
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Focused, with perspective on what matters most, rapidly delivering customer value
• Experience working with Systems Engineering tools such as for Requirements Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Model-based Systems Engineering, etc.