Solution Delivery Product Engineer

Colorado Springs, CO, United States

**Solution Delivery Product Engineer**

+ **Job Tracking ID**: RTL:22-004

+ **Job Location**: Colorado Springs, CO

+ **Job Level**: Mid Career

+ **Level of Education**: BA/BS

+ **Job Type**: Full-Time/Regular

+ **Date Updated**: 01/17/2022

+ **Years of Experience**: 4+

+ **Radford Job Code**: 4763-4764

+ **Travel Requirement**: Domestic

+ **Compensation**: $92,610K - $127,979K

**Job Description**

Kratos Space is a leader in assured aerospace communication solutions and services. We are cutting-edge innovators and creative problem solvers working collaboratively to solve our customers toughest challenges. Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offeringsfrom commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on.

At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with fiscal and operational discipline. We work hard, we solve hard problems, and we look out for and take care of our customers, each other and our families. Protecting and enabling our customers communication systems through innovative aerospace solutions is what motivates us.

We look forward to working with open, honest, caring and passionate individuals that want to bring their diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills to help us continue to build a great company.

**Kratos has a great opportunity for a Solution Delivery Product Engineer**

As a Solution Delivery Product Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to support legacy T400/WRMS architecture in addition to supporting new next generation work as it is awarded. You will be embedded initially with the Solution Delivery team for the first 12-18 months to learn the product. Initially, you will be required to become competent with the legacy T400/WRMS hardware and software, which may include assisting the Customer Support function with trouble shooting, while also being part of the next generation proposal team. After proposal award you will be responsible for project execution and delivery to the customer. You will use your knowledge of radio communications systems, RF/mixed signal board design, an extensive array of test equipment and test results, manufacturing processes throughout the supply chain, and root cause determination to support the T400/WRMS architecture, both legacy and next generation.

**Responsibilities:**

You will be tasked to learn the T400/WRMS architecture design and operation at a deep level for both legacy and next generation solutions. You will then be tasked with using your skills, expertise, and knowledge to understand and fully support the T400/WRMS architecture with the assistance of software/firmware engineers. Given that these challenges can come from supplier quality issues, part obsolescence, software/firmware/test-code changes, engineering change orders, process changes, etc., you will be tasked with collaborating with suppliers, Solution Delivery, Production Test, Quality, Customer Support and a variety of other partners along the way in order to be successful.

**Experience and Skills**

**Required Experience:**

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering with an emphasis on electronics.

* 4+ years of job related experience

* Strong theoretical knowledge of radio communications systems including software defined radios, RF transceiver architectures, RF to digital interfaces such as ADCs, DACs, and clocking architectures

* Experience with mixed signal PCB designs that include a mix of RF/microwave circuits, FPGAs, DDR memory, and high speed serial interfaces

* Experience in design for manufacture, reliability, sustainment, and product lifecycle

* Prior experience working with a cross functional hardware design team

* Experience with troubleshooting RF performance

* Manufacturing engineering experience producing high complexity electronics

* Familiarity with raw printed circuit board (PCB) and loaded printed circuit assembly (PCA) manufacturing processes and challenges

* Familiarity with applied statistics related to manufacturing test data

* Effective communication and presentation skills

* U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance is required

**Preferred Qualifications:**

* Experience in satellite or wireless communications

* Experience with low voltage power supply circuits and design

* Prior experience with supply chain and vendor management

* Current Security Clearance

* Advanced degrees in related fields of study

**Competitive salary based on experience and education:**

Salary Range $92,610.00 - $127,979.00 per year

***As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042, we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18th 2022 or by your start date if it is after January 18th 2022, subject to approved medical, religious or other accommodation***

**Job Benefits**

* Medical

* Dental

* Vision

* Tax Savings Accounts (HSA / FSA)

* Life Insurance

* Short Term Disability

* Long Term Disability

* Employee Assistance Program

* 401k

* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

* PTO

* Education Assistance Program

* Paid Holidays

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