Title:  RF Electrical Engineer

Job Title: RF Electrical Engineer

Job Code: 27364

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Job Schedule: 5/8: Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week

Job Description:

Join L3Harris Communication Systems – Tactical Communications, where your expertise in RF/Analog Electrical Engineering will directly support the mission-critical communication products used by our armed forces. In this role, you’ll work across the entire product lifecycle – from concept and launch to sustaining and modernization – ensuring our solutions perform flawlessly in the field. The successful candidate for this RF/Analog Electrical Engineering position will join a team of dedicated professionals who are responsible for supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle (from pre-release to obsolescence).

At L3Harris, you’ll work on technology that truly matters—supporting those who protect and serve. You’ll have the opportunity to tackle complex engineering challenges, collaborate with talented professionals across disciplines, and see your work make an impact in the field.

Essential Functions:

• Mitigating component shortages through qualifying alternatives or redesigning circuits and sub-assemblies.
• Determining design, process, and test improvements to increase test yields and product quality.
• Working in cross-functional teams to meet manufacturability, testability and other DFx requirements for volume production.
• Working with design engineering and manufacturing teams to introduce new designs into manufacturing.
• Working as part of the design engineering team to make necessary design changes prior to and during the launch of a new product.
• Working to mitigate component obsolescence throughout the product lifecycle.
• Working with vendors, Quality and Supply Chain to address material discrepancies.
• Troubleshooting unit, modules, and boards to the component level.
• Design and analysis of circuits and components utilizing ADS, MATLAB, and various design and simulation tools.
• Generate and deliver presentations for various levels of management regarding issues, investigations, improvements, or cost savings in a concise manner.
• Quick learner, able to problem solve and be self-motivated.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• RF experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent. 
• Experience with tactical Radio and Power Amplifier HW including troubleshooting to component level.
• Working knowledge of LabVIEW, ADS and Jira.
• Experience with MS Office including advanced spreadsheet manipulation and presentation creation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of organization & supplier base.
• Hardware troubleshooting ability including analog and RF components and circuits.
• Ability to work independently with general supervision.
• Ability to design and conduct engineering experiments and act upon test results.
• Experienced in leading small technical design or troubleshoot team, providing direction and prioritizing tasks to meet target yields and shipments.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment interfacing with multiple teams across the organization.
• Ability to use typical lab equipment: Oscilloscope, DMM, Spectrum & Network analyzers, and signal generators.
• Able to analyze designs and communicate technical information to support staff.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York State is $79,000 - $146,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.