Company Description
Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: www.elbitsystems-us.com or follow us on Twitter.
Job Description
Elbit is currently seeking an Electrical Engineer II - IS to join our team and support the design, development, testing, and analysis of products, equipment or processes; and performs a variety of assignments, under close guidance from senior engineers.
The ideal candidate would have experience and interest in the areas of mixed signal, power analysis, amplifier designs and electromagnetic compliance of high-speed digital and analog board designs. The successful candidate will have the ability to function and effectively communicate in a dynamic integrated product team environment, supporting a variety of different programs.
Responsibilities & Tasks
- Perform design activities as assigned by supervisor.
- Produce reports and analyses.
- Produce and maintain schematics, bills of material, and other required design documentation.
- Design and run validation testing.
- Perform initial turn-on and troubleshooting of new board designs and product prototypes, and design and document any required rework or other corrective actions.
- Participate in design reviews.
- Other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Consult vendors on components and make final component selections
- Work with external suppliers of PC layout, board assembly, and similar services
- Investigate and select subassemblies for incorporation into designs
- Will interface directly with Program Management and other relevant departments.
Core Responsibilities
- Develop/modify specifications, schematics, assembly drawings, bill of materials, against which designs can be produced.
- Assist senior engineers to develop system and sub-system performance specifications.
- Responsible for carrying out specific project responsibilities as part of larger program objectives involved in the design and development of products, equipment, or processes.
- Consults with higher level engineering personnel to resolve more complex design alternatives.
- Utilize electronic design tools such as schematic capture. Review and implement design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT) objective
- Conduct experiments to evaluate operating characteristics of products or processes.
- Conduct computer simulations to analyze, test or design products.
Lab Test Equipment: spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, power meters.
- Assist with testing performance specs and troubleshooting activities.
- Responsibly creates individual tasks and manages them to meet project plans, deadlines while maintaining liaison with other departments of the organization.
- Utilize project planning and monitoring methods to ensure timely completion. Assumes responsibility for successful completion (Schedule, Performance, Cost) of systems and sub-systems.
- Support the manufacturing process in resolving design problems where applicable.
- Collaborate with purchasing in obtaining quotations or bids and assist with selection of vendors.
- Establish failure rate or reliability predictions at component and circuit card levels
- Contribute to process improvements.
- Assist in locating replacements for obsolete electromechanical and electronic parts or develop new source for discontinued parts.
- Prepare reports of field tests, start‑ups or installations as required and writes technical instructions.
- With guidance from Senior Engineers, complete tasks such as schematic capture, PCB part placement, engage with PCB layout service providers, define PCB layout specifications, stack-up, trace clearances, trace widths, trace impedances and all other aspects of the board design.
- Maintain/develop SI model library within the Mentor EDM environment. Build and maintain SI model library (.ibis models) within Mentor flow & ANSYS models.
- Power Amplifier Design: broadband up to 6GHz, High Power 200W, 100% duty cycle, LDMOS, GAN, GAAS
- RF Drivers: medium and low power, up to 20W, high gain
- Modulation waveforms: AM/FM, Pulse Radar, SINCGARS, LTE, WCDMA, MUOS.
- RF design analysis: isolation, broadband noise, cross-coupling, spurious emissions, intermodulation, compression, self-resonance, half/full duplex systems.
- Filtering for cosite mitigation and harmonic emissions.
- RF components: directional couplers, transformers, attenuators, switches, PIN diodes, mixers, Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA).
- Automatic Level Control Loops
- Linearization: Analog Pre-distortion, Envelope tracking, Bias techniques
- RF detectors: peak and RMS
- High speed RF switching.
- Up/Down converters.
- ICs: DAC, ADC, op-amps, comparators.
- Knowledge of power supply design (switching and LDO), high voltage, high current
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and at least 2 years of relevant experience in the industry (defense/government contractor experience preferred but not required) OR Master’s Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
- Experience with RF circuit design
- Willingness to work 100% onsite
- Experience with one or more SI/PI PCB analysis tools such as:
- Mentor Graphics Hyperlynx SI/PI tools for the Expedition workflow.
- ANSYS HFSS/SI wave
- Cadence Sigrity
- Altium
ESA primarily uses Mentor Graphics Expedition and ANSYS HFSS. Current proficiency with Mentor Graphics schematic capture and SI tools, ANSYS HFSS EM simulation and SI wave is preferred.
- Approximately 10% travel time (~3-4 trips of up to 1 week each per year) will be required to support multiple ESA sites and cross-site projects. Domestic and International travel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- High speed digital design
- High-efficiency switched mode power supply and/or DC-DC converter design
- Analog/mixed signal design
- Power Amplifiers design
Some digital experience: FPGA, Microcontrollers, Memory, SPI, I2C, LVDS, Ethernet, RS485, RS422.
Additional Information
Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:
- Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off
- Competitive compensation & 401k program to plan for your future
- Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
- Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
- Flexible Vacation & PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Employee Referral Program
- Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and many more options
- Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees
It has been and will continue to be the policy of Elbit Systems of America to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels based solely upon job-related qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetics or citizenship status.
EEO STATEMENT:
Elbit Systems of America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ACCESSIBILITY:
Elbit Systems of America is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email recruitingfw@elbitsystems-us.com.
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