RF Electrical Engineer in Exton

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POSITION DESCRIPTION: 

• Coordinate electrical engineering designs and requirements within the Innovative Aerosystems Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Software, etc.) and Certification team. 
• Lead and contribute to the design, analysis, and simulation of analog and digital RF circuits, including RF front ends, mixers, oscillators, amplifiers, filters, and high-speed digital interfaces supporting radios and transponders. 
• Perform hands-on circuit board bring-up, RF tuning, troubleshooting, and validation using laboratory test equipment (e.g., spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes). 
• Provide hardware design support across the full product lifecycle—from concept, architecture, and design through verification, qualification, certification, and production. 
• Apply sound RF engineering practices to support airborne communication and surveillance products, ensuring robust performance in harsh electromagnetic environments. 
• Design for and evaluate EMI/EMC performance, including grounding, shielding, filtering, and layout techniques to meet aviation regulatory and customer requirements. 
• Support environmental, EMI/EMC, and functional testing activities for airborne equipment, including analysis of test results and root-cause investigations. 
• Contribute to technical documentation such as schematics, design analyses, test procedures, and reports in support of internal reviews and certification activities. 
• Apply engineering creativity and discipline to advance the IA product line and support continuous improvement initiatives.  

Requirements:

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent education. 
• 4+ years of electronic design experience with a strong emphasis on analog and digital RF circuit design. 
• Demonstrated understanding of RF fundamentals, including impedance matching, noise figure, gain, linearity, phase noise, frequency synthesis, modulation techniques, and signal integrity. 
• Solid knowledge of EMI/EMC principles and mitigation techniques relevant to airborne and high-reliability systems. 
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, PCAD, or equivalent (RF layout experience strongly ). 
• Familiarity with RF simulation and analysis tools (e.g., ADS, HFSS, SPICE-based tools) is a plus. 
• Familiarity with FPGA development and VHDL is desired, particularly as it relates to RF control, signal processing, or high-speed digital interfaces. 
• Experience with IPC design standards and component derating practices is a plus. 
• Strong competencies in circuit analysis, RF debugging, and board-level troubleshooting. 
• Experience with RF component selection and sourcing, including evaluation of performance, availability, and lifecycle risk. 
• Interpersonal skills: Collaborative, strong critical-thinking ability, and high technical competency 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Must be able to see and manipulate small parts. 
• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend or stretch in keeping with the demands of a typical office role. 
• Must be able to lift and carry components up to 30 lbs. 
• Must be able to participate in aircraft survey and flight test activities. 
• Must be able to operate computer equipment for both design and programming. 

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS: 

• Learn Company products within six (6) months. 
• Learn Company procedures and processes within three (3) months. 
• Acquire direct knowledge of the IA Quality System within three (3) months. 
• Maintain and grow understanding of technologies relevant to IA product design, including aviation RF interfaces, antennas, electrical components, software protocols, and design tools. 
• Gain working knowledge of aviation certification and regulatory standards applicable to airborne RF equipment (e.g., environmental, EMI/EMC, and performance requirements).? 

 U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. , U.S. permanent , or have asylum or refugee status in the U.S.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.  

IA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of .