Our Company
ARA is a C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests, and installs cutting edge antenna technologies to keep our joint forces secure, superior and safe. We create and deliver a vest array of products for both military and civilian applications that combine innovative discoveries from companies we’ve acquired, including SI2 Technologies and AQYR, whose technologies complement and enhance our trusted systems. Our capabilities span from Electronic Warfare and Military Communications to Radar and Satellite Systems. For more than 60 years, ARA has provided our military with unparalleled information, improved situational awareness, immediate threat detection and precision targeting.
From ideation to installation, ARA supplies unique antenna systems in both high-volume and smaller quantities to meet our customers’ needs and ensure success. Our US locations have fully staffed outdoor antenna test ranges, engineers, and on-site manufacturing lines and machine shops.
Job Summary
The Product and Innovation Center is looking for a Principal Antenna Engineer who can significantly contribute to growth of our existing sensor, communication and ISR systems. To be successful in this position, candidates must be innovative, enjoy learning and expanding their knowledge base, thrive on meeting challenging performance requirements, transition designs and prototypes to fielded products, and have good communication skills to determine customer needs and create winning proposals.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Perform state of the art engineering expertise in design, modeling and testing of antenna/array systems, technology, and processes supporting government and commercial ISR, radar, and communication development programs.
- Provide similar expertise internally to support related programs.
- Test antenna/array systems, analyze results in comparison to predicted performance and provide assessment of design, manufacturing process and performance. Write technical reports, prepare presentations and present results in management and customer settings.
- Support the contract R&D business segment by writing and winning proposals including Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and non-SBIR solicitations.
- Support the Program Manager in setting cost and schedule requirements, and support the Business Development Team on other activities (e.g. presentations and white papers).
- Serve as Principal Investigator for research and development efforts, to include actively participating in technical business development, monitoring of project technical progress, updating project schedules, and overseeing project budget. Maintain communications with customers through regular reports and technical briefings, both in-person and electronic.
- Develop trusted partner relationships with both Government and Prime Contractor SME’s.
- Maintain up to-date technical and non-technical job knowledge through professional development activities and participation in professional organizations and societies.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers to enable their personal and professional growth
Experience and Skills
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance
- Hands-on experience in the analysis, design, prototyping, and implementation of antenna/array systems for military EW, ISR, radar and communication systems.
- A track record of leading teams of engineers in similar systems development, including standardized gate review processes
- Background in development and analysis of advanced concepts for active phased array and broadband antenna systems. Working knowledge of military EW, ISR, communications and radar systems. Conformal and/or low-profile antenna and array experience is a plus. Absorber design and modelling experience is a plus.
- High proficiency with 3-D full-wave electromagnetic modeling tools such as CST, HFSS, and Microwave Office, as well as simulation tools such as MatLab, Simulink and other internally developed software.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and leadership qualities. Hands-on experience writing, winning and executing R&D contracts and grants, e.g. BAAs, SBIRs, etc., for DoD and/or other US Government agencies. Technical experience working with the DoD and Defense Prime Contractors on contract R&D programs.
- Experience working in a small business environment is a strong plus.
- Ability to travel, as required, to prospective and existing customer and vender facilities, conferences and trade shows.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with 13+ years’ relevant experience, or M.S. degree with 20+ years’ relevant experience.
Merit-based Teamwork We have assembled an action-oriented team of smart, creative, and energetic technical and business experts passionate about our mission. The dynamic team is comprised of highly educated and talented people in the fields of electrical, mechanical, materials, manufacturing and aerospace engineering and chemistry. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are the keys to our performance. Our team works in an energetic, flexible, and small business environment. Each member of the team is offered the reward of individual responsibility with professional mentoring and support to excel and discover his/her full potential to make the greatest impact on the team.
Hybrid Work Schedule/Flexible Hours - We believe in providing flexibility to our employees to best integrate professional and personal commitments for optimal work-life balance. While our teams work onsite and some positions are eligible for partial remote work, we also provide flexibility in the hours worked during the week to allow time to further balance work deliverables and personal commitments.
Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran