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City/region: Columbia (Maryland), Hillsboro (Oregon), San José (California), Coppell (Texas) (USA)
Entry level: Professionals
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Ref. Number: 13473

We are seeking a highly motivated; results oriented Senior Strategic Planning Engineer for Aerospace and Defense, Semiconductor test and Wireless Applications. The ideal candidate will reside near one of our U.S. offices in either California, Oregon, Texas, or Maryland. We will also consider candidates centrally located to any major U.S airport hub. As a Senior Strategic Planning Engineer candidate, you will be responsible for developing high-level system and measurement requirements in collaboration with R/D for signal generators, spectrum analyzers and Vector Network Analyzers. This role will primarily focus on new measurement equipment for the aerospace and defense electronics markets. This position will also work closely with strategic market-leading customers to validate early development concepts and prototypes from both a technical and market applicability perspective. The candidate will join a global team of experienced hardware and software engineers focusing on the development of a portfolio of measurement solutions to address the Radar, EW, Satellite and Military Communications market segments.

Your tasks

• Create market analysis material that considers customer needs and the competitive environment. • Develop product concepts across the entire portfolio in close collaboration with the R&D teams & product managers. • Establish strategic customer relations for proofing the customer acceptance in the A&D market with a focus on the US. • Strategize and execute market introductions in close collaboration with the product management team. • Capture management of prioritized customer use cases and system level measurement requirements. • Presenting and demonstrating technical measurement solutions to train our internal applications engineers and customers. • The ability to lead a cross-functional division, marketing and field teams to optimize business growth worldwide with new product introductions serving the aerospace defense markets. • Lead the customer support activities of prerelease alpha and beta instrumentation at the customer site. • Lead the technical and capture management for large US government instrumentation contracts.

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• Bachelors or Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent • US Person • A minimum of 5 years in RF/Microwave hardware or software design and development experience. • 10 + years of experience working with RF/Microwave test equipment performing measurement and characterization of RF/MW components, sub-systems and systems. • 5 + years of experience in in the theory of operation and testing of Radar/EW or Satellite systems is a plus. • Proven RF measurement science knowledge such as phase noise, noise figure, spurious, vector signal analysis, vector signal generation, pulsed signal analysis, s-parameters, TOI, AM-AM, AM-PM, and group delay. • Proven ability interfacing with multiple teams with multiple priorities. • The ability to manage multiple projects at the same time. • Flexibility and willingness to travel to Munich Germany to work with engineering and product management teams located around the world. Ability to travel regularly ~ 30% of the time to both European and U.S. locations. • Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers in a multinational environment. • Experienced in customer facing and sales situations to present alternate solutions and carefully manage customer expectations. • In order to be considered, candidates must be US citizens.

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The total compensation for this position is $160K-$225K. Total compensation includes base salary, variable pay (when applicable) plus benefits. The range is determined by the position, geographic location and level. Individual pay within the range is determined by several factors including location, education or training, relevant work history, sales incentive structure and job-related skills.

We promote equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with and without disabilities. We offer an inclusive work environment where all individuals can develop their skills and talents regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, worldview, age, sexual orientation, identity, and other characteristics.

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Rohde & Schwarz is a global technology company with approximately 14,000 employees and three divisions: Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity. For 90 years, the company has been developing cutting-edge technology, pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible and enabling customers from various sectors such as business, government and public authorities to maintain their technological sovereignty.