Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking a Principal LO Antenna Design Engineer to work in our Greenlawn, NY location.

You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

The primary activity of this role will be to lead Antenna technical teams in the design, test, and manufacture of LO Antenna Systems. The applicant must be able to work independently with minimal technical direction.

Other responsibilities include:

Work with systems engineering functions such as developing and managing systems level RF and RCS requirements, developing operational systems concepts, and assisting with system architecture trade studies.
Verify and validate aspects of system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements.
Define the technical approach and details of antenna designs he/she is responsible for.
Supervise both peers and more junior engineers, and will seek out domain expertise as needed and work hands-on with antenna assembly personnel, engineering test, debug, integration and support of product manufacture and qualification.
Responsible for all aspects of testing within his/her area of expertise and may be responsible for support to production.
Present to customers and provide major inputs to proposals.
Experience with requirements flow down as well as traceability within the larger system is a plus.

BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. BAE also believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 6 years work experience or equivalent experience

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Bachelors degree in related engineering field and 6 years hands on experience.
Solid understanding of the fundamental trades within the entire antenna sub system is required.
Including the aperture domain as well as the RF electronics.
Experience with link budget analysis and propagation modeling are required to properly size the components within the antenna sub system relative to platform and channel constraints.
Radar Cross Section (RCS) Experience is a must
An understanding of transceiver cascade analysis and signal processing is desired to support the interface between the antenna sub system and the transceiver.
MS Office proficient, MATLAB proficient, HFSS desired, FEKO desired

Valid through: 3/26/2021

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company. Its headquarters are in London and Farnborough in the United Kingdom with operations worldwide. The company is the largest defence contractor in Europe and among the world's largest defence companies; it was ranked as the third-largest based on applicable 2017 revenues. Its largest operations are in the United Kingdom and United States, where its BAE Systems Inc. subsidiary is one of the six largest suppliers to the US Department of Defense. Other major markets include Australia, India, and Saudi Arabia, which account for about 20% of BAE's overall sales. It is the biggest manufacturer in Britain. The company was formed on 30 November 1999 by the £7.7 billion purchase and merger of Marconi Electronic Systems—the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc—by British Aerospace, an aircraft, munitions and naval systems manufacturer. BAE is the successor to various aircraft, shipbuilding, armoured vehicle, armaments and defence electronics companies. These include The Marconi Company, the first commercial company devoted to the development and use of radio; A.V. Roe and Company, one of the world's first aircraft companies; de Havilland, manufacturer of the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner; Hawker Siddley, manufacturer of the Harrier, the world's first VTOL attack aircraft; British Aircraft Corporation, co-manufacturer of the Concorde supersonic transport; Supermarine, manufacturer of the Spitfire; Yarrow Shipbuilders, builder of the Royal Navy's first destroyers; Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, builder of the world's first battlecruiser; and Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, builder of the Royal Navy's first submarines.

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