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In this role, you define it. At Bascom Hunter, the RF front ends you design go into aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships, and you’ll see your decisions fly, drive, and sail.\nSummary\nBascom Hunter is hiring a Chief Engineer of RF Front Ends to lead the architecture and design of custom RF front ends for airborne, ground-vehicle, and shipboard defense platforms. You will be the senior technical authority for RF subsystems, from concept and trade studies through qualification and production. This position will be onsite in O’Fallon, MO\nThis is a hands-on leadership role. At our size, you will simulate, review layouts, and work at the bench alongside the team. With no separate systems engineering group, you will also own RF requirements, performance budgets, traceability, and verification strategy end to end.\nResponsibilities\nArchitecture and RequirementsSet the technical vision and architecture for RF front-end products and lead the trade studies behind them.\nDefine RF performance requirements and system budgets, including noise figure, gain, linearity, dynamic range, output power, phase noise, isolation, and spurious performance.\nEvaluate emerging RF technologies, components, and packaging approaches to support product roadmaps and manage obsolescence.\n\nDesign and IntegrationLead and contribute hands-on to RF and microwave circuit design, simulation, electromagnetic modeling, and layout.\nGuide the design of RF modules, wideband receivers, transmit chains, and multichannel front ends within power, thermal, EMC, and packaging constraints.\nIntegrate RF front ends with antennas, frequency generation, DSP, and platform systems, and resolve issues such as spurs, coupling, oscillation, and desensitization.\n\nVerification and QualificationEstablish verification strategies and acceptance criteria, and approve test plans, test reports, and qualification evidence.\nLead lab characterization, environmental qualification, and root-cause investigations of RF performance issues.\n\nLeadership and Program SupportServe as the final technical authority for RF front-end design decisions [clarify relationship to company Chief Engineer] and lead design and architecture reviews.\nMentor RF engineers and establish design guidelines, review criteria, and reusable design practices.\nPartner with program managers on technical baselines, risk, and schedule, and support proposals and customer technical discussions.\n\nQualifications\nRequired\nU.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain or hold a DoD security clearance [specify level, e.g., Secret].\nMaster’s or Ph.D. in Electrical, RF, or Microwave Engineering; a bachelor’s with extensive relevant experience may be considered.\n15+ years in RF, microwave, or millimeter-wave hardware development, including receiver and transmitter design and end-to-end RF performance analysis.\nProficiency with RF simulation tools (Keysight ADS, Cadence AWR, Ansys HFSS, or equivalent) and RF test equipment (network, spectrum, and noise figure analyzers).\nA track record of leading multidisciplinary teams, defining requirements, and taking hardware through qualification.\nPreferred\nMicrowave and millimeter-wave front ends [specify bands]; phased-array, multichannel, wideband, or high-dynamic-range architectures.\nRF packaging, thermal analysis, and EMC; production test and yield improvement.\nBackground in radar, electronic warfare, SATCOM, or other defense and aerospace RF applications.\nWhy Bascom Hunter\nReal ownership of product architecture, from concept through production\nShort decision chains and direct exposure to customers and proposals\nCompensation: [salary range], plus [key benefits, e.g., health coverage, 401(k) match, PTO]\nAll positions at Bascom Hunter are subject to background investigations, including criminal history and identity checks.\nBascom Hunter is an equal opportunity employer. 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