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SWISSto12 is one of the world’s fastest-growing aerospace companies, evolving from its pioneering use of 3D printing technologies for high-performance applications and radio frequency (RF) products to building entire telecommunication satellites, the HummingSat, defining a new category in space.

SWISSto12’s purses the US market for its advanced RF products and systems through its wholly owned subsidiary St12 RF Solutions Inc.

SWISSto12 owns a significant amount of patented technologies uniquely suited to delivering lightweight, compact, high performance, and competitive RF systems. As such, the company has successfully established contracts for its product lines across the globe with industry leading partners and customers such as Intelsat, Thales, Elbit, IAI, Lockheed Martin and the European Space Agency. SWISSto12’s extensive RF product heritage consists primarily of complex integrated RF cavity-based assemblies (e.g., feed assemblies), antenna arrays and complete antenna systems for satellite communications, electronic surveillance, and radar applications, primarily in the space, airborne and surface domains.

SWISSto12 was founded in 2011 as a spin off from the EPFL in Lausanne, is privately owned and backed by prominent European Investors. The company is headquartered in Switzerland and operates two subsidiaries in the US and one in Israel, with a growing team of over 100 people. The company is well funded, has rapidly growing customer revenue streams, and a substantial future contract backlog.

SWISSto12 is recruiting a Sr. RF Systems Engineer to grow its market share in the US for RF products and subsystems. In this role you will be the technical authority for the US market portfolio of advanced RF antenna & RF cavity products and capabilities for the US RFAM division of SWISSto12, leveraging SWISSto12’s proprietary additive manufacturing processes for the realization of complex, high reliability, RF products, antennas, and arrays.

The position is located with SWISSto12 team in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with extensive traveling (40-60%) in the US to meet with customers and partners as well as regular travel to the Lausanne, Switzerland headquarters for training and periodic support of non-US customer efforts. This position will require weekly onsite presence to effectively perform co-engineering work with a multidisciplinary team of colleagues across mechanical, manufacturing, systems, aerospace and quality engineering, with possibility for some part-time remote office work.

This position requires an experienced and accomplished technology leader with deep expertise in the technical aspects of antenna and RF cavity-based devices such as feeds, filters, waveguides, integrated RF assemblies, and RF front ends.

In this role, you will be responsible for the following functions:

• Apply advanced RF technologies, scientific principles, theories, concepts, analyses, and simulations to form the basis for state-of-the-art solutions to propose to US customers according to their needs.
• Help the company grow from sales of RF products to technical and commercial success in selling integrated RF assemblies and subsystems combining RF passives and actives.
• Coordinate and support requirements analysis and decomposition. Engage with customer system architects to understand requirements and needs – and develop tradeoffs, concepts, and solutions to meet those needs. Participate in proposals, technical baseline development, and cost estimating.
• Develop the network of key partners and suppliers in the US to enable RF integrated subsystem capabilities at St12 RF Solutions combining the company’s RF products with complementary capabilities of cutting edge 3rd party suppliers and partners.
• Support the design, development, and analysis of sophisticated RF/Microwave Antennas and RF cavity-based components. Support the development of early concepts and prototypes, and testing.
• Prepare documentation for customers in support of captures, bids, proposals, work in progress and deliverables. Lead technical presentations to customers during concept development phase, TIMS, PDRs, CDRs, TRB milestones.
• Collaborate with colleagues in RF, mechanical, manufacturing, quality engineering in the US and Europe for the execution of advanced programs.
• Participate in US market strategy development, particularly focused on the product technical roadmap. Contribute to planning and execution of divisions strategic goals. Plan R&D programs and recommend technology programs to accomplish long-range objectives.
• Contribute to US Product training to the US Business Development and Sales and any Sales Representatives as required.
• Occasionally, you will be asked to participate in overall tasks and services inherent to a dynamic fast-growing company.

Required experience and competencies:

• At least 5 years’ experience in RF antenna and waveguide component and assembly design, development, and test
• Demonstrated problem-solving mind-set with a willingness to build proposals against challenging customer requirements.
• Excellent ability to write complex technical, scientific and management documents.
• Ability to use RF analysis and design tools such as Ansys HFSS or CST or TICRA (POS, CHAMP, or GRASP) or equivalent.
• Able to work on a self-initiated basis while being part of a team.
• Very well organised.
• Communicating effectively, excellent relational skills and ability to work in a team with different professional and cultural backgrounds
• Good customer focus with experience in engaging with customers and supplier.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on microwave antennas and microwave electronics.
• Language: Fluent in English (with emphasis on excellent writing skills)
• This role requires the ability to review and respond to export-controlled data.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• At least 10 years’ experience in RF antenna and waveguide component and assembly design, development, and test
• PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on microwave antennas and microwave electronics.
• Active US DOD Secret clearance and be eligible for a Secret or Top Secret clearance

Interested applicants are requested to apply through LinkedIn

SWISSto12 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. EEO M / F / D / V