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# Engineer Hardware 3

- **Company:** First Tek Inc.
- **Location:** Rolling Meadows, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Analog Electronics, IBM Rational ClearCase, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, IBM Rational Clearquest, MATLAB, Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Tools, Schematic Capture, Digital Access Carrier System, DOORS (Software), SC Clearance, Modeling and Simulation, Software Version Control
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/68220821-a966-41aa-aa1c-3a83683dfff1

## About the Role

Bachelors' degree in STEM field with a minimum 8 years of electronics design experience or MS degree in STEM field with 6 years of electronics design experience.
RF/Analog circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex RF subsystems, such as complex circuit card development involving amplifiers, mixers, control systems, ADCs, DACs, and/or phase lock loops
Demonstrated ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
Must have Interim Secret clearance prior to starting and once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance., An advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Minimum 7 years of RF and/or mixed signal electronics design experience
Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems
Recent circuit card design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept, Allegro, and/or Mentor DxDesigner, Expedition
Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) and MatLab modeling tools
Experience with SPICE modeling tools
Proven skills to include: communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, adaptable, creative, collaborative and comfortable working independently and enjoy solving difficult problems
Current Secret or Top-Secret security clearance

## Description

Major Aerospace Company Mission Systems develops Operational Electronic Warfare (EW) and targeting systems that provide situational awareness, self-protection, and offensive electronic attack capability to platforms across the spectrum from visible light IR to millimeter wave RF.

By joining us, you'll work on projects that help safeguard our nation related to land forces, rotary wing survivability systems, international and U.S. military electronic warfare systems, communications systems, missile warning systems (MWS), and sensors, infrared countermeasure systems (IRCM), automatic test equipment, modeling and simulation, and situational awareness programs. The Hardware Engineering organization plays a key role in developing these solutions.

The Principal RF/Sr. Principal RF role involves full life-cycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, production, verification, and field support while working in integrated product teams spanning Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management. RF/Analog subsystem and circuit card designs utilize the latest MMIC and discrete device technologies from all major vendors including internal Northrop Grumman designed devices, Electro-Optical (EO) circuitry, controls, detectors and data converters. As an RF/Analog Electrical Engineer, you will join our diverse team and be responsible for research, design, development of signal conversion and analog/mixed signal products. Your expertise in RF, mixed signal, and/or Electro-Optical component design and analysis, modeling and simulation, and circuit level design and test are desired for this position.


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