Senior Principal Engineer, Antenna and Radome Design

  • Lakeway
  • Raytheon

At Raytheon, we are looking for a talented Senior Principal Engineer to join our RF Antenna Team in Tucson, AZ. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and shaping antenna, radome, and antenna measurement system technology within the company. You will also lead diverse teams, provide technical oversight, and work with the Engineering organization to establish technology roadmaps. Additionally, the candidate will work with government personnel and programs, and define and refine requirements to validate hardware compliance. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field. The salary range is $118,000 to $246,000.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop antenna or radome hardware and requirements
  • Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc.
  • Work with antenna manufacturing suppliers
  • Analyze simulation or test data to verify performance to requirements

Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in a STEM field
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience for Bachelor's degree or 8 years for an Advanced Degree
  • Antenna element design and fabrication
  • Antenna simulation and modeling
  • Antenna measurements in near or far field systems

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master of Science (MS) or PhD in electrical engineering
  • Experience in managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers
  • Strong experience designing and delivering conformal antenna designs
  • Proficiency with Python, MATAB and/or other high-level scientific programming languages
  • Proficiency with modeling & simulation tools such as HFSS, CST, FEKO, SENTRi and GRASP