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Mission We are leading a materials revolution. At Lyten, we’re not just developing advanced supermaterials, we’re about to change the world as we know it. Our team is at the forefront of a fundamental transformation that will impact nearly every industry, making a massive global improvement. Our mission is to achieve gigaton-scale decarbonization impact, and we’re building a new ecosystem of decarbonization applications to make it a reality. With Lyten 3D Graphene™, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible by improving energy storage, developing stronger and lighter plastics, and creating advanced sensors that can detect beyond today’s limits.
Why Join Lyten Join our team and be a part of something bigger than yourself. We need a diverse set of perspectives and expertise to take on some of the world’s toughest scientific, engineering, and commercial challenges while also having a fun and rewarding career! Are you ready to take on this challenge? Apply now and help us scale Lyten 3D Graphene™ into all of its many potential applications and be a part of this groundbreaking transformation.
Staff RF Engineer Lyten seeks an experienced and motivated Staff RF Engineer to leverage physics and engineering knowledge to innovate solutions to national-level challenges, driving these solutions from concept to final product utilizing novel meta-surfaces and meta-material structures. Requires experience in designing, producing and evaluating cutting-edge advanced coatings. The selected candidate will invent new concepts, create theoretical models, perform cutting edge research to fabricate and characterize material needed to shape coating technologies, develop prototypes, and collect and present data to support proofs of concept.
Job Responsibilities
Design, produce and evaluate cutting-edge advanced coatings.
Invent new concepts, create theoretical models, perform cutting-edge research to fabricate and characterize material needed to shape coating technologies.
Develop prototypes and collect and present data to support proofs of concept.
Leverage commercial computational tools to build simulations and develop numerical solutions for problems pertaining to the interaction of electromagnetic fields with novel meta-surfaces and metamaterial structures with applications ranging from radio-wave through optical frequencies.
Extend established design principles and optimization procedures into application domains with poorly defined behaviors or with extreme parameters that challenge the state of the art.
Lead research efforts through the establishment of collaborative and diverse teams, present results in an effective and timely fashion, and mentor early career staff.
Work closely with Lyten team members to engage potential sponsors for the purpose of incubating new programs.
Candidate Fit
You understand and can describe electromagnetic concepts and theories.
You understand RF measurements.
You can work in a multi-disciplinary team.
You have worked with electronic materials.
You have ever collected diverse sets of material property data to tailor a product for a specific purpose.
Great Fit
You have ever worked in an anechoic chamber or measured the RF characteristics of materials.
You have experience with meta materials and/or graphene.
You understand Maxwell’s equations and can explain their importance and relevance to others.
You have any professional experience in RCS, LO technology, RF, Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) simulations, or electromagnetics. We will ask you about all of these in your interview.
Required Qualifications
Doctorate degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 3+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members OR Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 5+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members OR Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 7+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members
Have 1+ years’ experience building numerical models for solving electromagnetic problems using commercial tools such as COMSOL or HFSS
Have a record of creative application of electromagnetics or physics knowledge and numerical methods to solve complex problems in electromagnetic field applications.
Write scientific programs in at least one high-level language (such as C, C++, or JAVA), in addition to MATLAB and/or PYTHON
Ability to explain complex technical concepts through verbal and written communications to internal and external customers
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Professional experience in RCS, LO technology, RF, Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) simulations, or electromagnetics
Experience in modeling multi-physics problems, for example using HFSS, Matlab, VBROP, Xpatch, etc.
Experience in the research, design, computational electromagnetic modeling, fabrication, and testing of advanced electromagnetic metamaterials
Familiarity with tailoring EM fields to control reflection, transmission, and absorption by way of patterning surfaces and designing their effective material properties.
Experience in low observable RF and IR coatings material & processes procedures and requirements, be able to author and release updates and original documents and possess extensive experience with strategic coating materials’ application in a research or production environment.
Security Clearance Statement This position requires a government security clearance; applicants must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration. Applicants must either have a current SECRET security clearance or be able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by the work start date and be qualified to obtain a full clearance upon formal investigation. If selected and if required, the candidate will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet requirements for handling classified information.
Physical Work Requirements
Able to lift 25 lbs. and stand for many hours per day.
Compensation Range The expected base salary range for this position is between
$155,200.00 - $232,800.00 .
Benefits & Perks In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable) and other benefits as detailed in the full benefits package. Lyten 3D Graphene™ offers a competitive total rewards package that includes generous equity, performance bonuses, health coverage, and more.
EEO & Equal Opportunity Lyten is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.
Compliance & Notice IMPORTANT: Please be aware that fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, interviews or employment offers may be circulated on the Internet in an attempt to obtain privileged information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Lyten Does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. We Do NOT use any messaging apps to recruit or communicate at any time during the recruiting process. Links to the actual job posting will be provided in the email, please verify the position is posted prior to communicating. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page and all communications will be from the recruiting team and will be from a @lyten.com email address. Principals only; third party or agency submitted candidates will not be considered.
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Staff RF Engineer
role at
Lyten .
Mission We are leading a materials revolution. At Lyten, we’re not just developing advanced supermaterials, we’re about to change the world as we know it. Our team is at the forefront of a fundamental transformation that will impact nearly every industry, making a massive global improvement. Our mission is to achieve gigaton-scale decarbonization impact, and we’re building a new ecosystem of decarbonization applications to make it a reality. With Lyten 3D Graphene™, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible by improving energy storage, developing stronger and lighter plastics, and creating advanced sensors that can detect beyond today’s limits.
Why Join Lyten Join our team and be a part of something bigger than yourself. We need a diverse set of perspectives and expertise to take on some of the world’s toughest scientific, engineering, and commercial challenges while also having a fun and rewarding career! Are you ready to take on this challenge? Apply now and help us scale Lyten 3D Graphene™ into all of its many potential applications and be a part of this groundbreaking transformation.
Staff RF Engineer Lyten seeks an experienced and motivated Staff RF Engineer to leverage physics and engineering knowledge to innovate solutions to national-level challenges, driving these solutions from concept to final product utilizing novel meta-surfaces and meta-material structures. Requires experience in designing, producing and evaluating cutting-edge advanced coatings. The selected candidate will invent new concepts, create theoretical models, perform cutting edge research to fabricate and characterize material needed to shape coating technologies, develop prototypes, and collect and present data to support proofs of concept.
Job Responsibilities
Design, produce and evaluate cutting-edge advanced coatings.
Invent new concepts, create theoretical models, perform cutting-edge research to fabricate and characterize material needed to shape coating technologies.
Develop prototypes and collect and present data to support proofs of concept.
Leverage commercial computational tools to build simulations and develop numerical solutions for problems pertaining to the interaction of electromagnetic fields with novel meta-surfaces and metamaterial structures with applications ranging from radio-wave through optical frequencies.
Extend established design principles and optimization procedures into application domains with poorly defined behaviors or with extreme parameters that challenge the state of the art.
Lead research efforts through the establishment of collaborative and diverse teams, present results in an effective and timely fashion, and mentor early career staff.
Work closely with Lyten team members to engage potential sponsors for the purpose of incubating new programs.
Candidate Fit
You understand and can describe electromagnetic concepts and theories.
You understand RF measurements.
You can work in a multi-disciplinary team.
You have worked with electronic materials.
You have ever collected diverse sets of material property data to tailor a product for a specific purpose.
Great Fit
You have ever worked in an anechoic chamber or measured the RF characteristics of materials.
You have experience with meta materials and/or graphene.
You understand Maxwell’s equations and can explain their importance and relevance to others.
You have any professional experience in RCS, LO technology, RF, Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) simulations, or electromagnetics. We will ask you about all of these in your interview.
Required Qualifications
Doctorate degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 3+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members OR Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 5+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members OR Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, engineering, sciences) AND 7+ years of experience in a relevant field leading or making significant contributions to multidisciplinary projects where scope requires reliance on the technical experience of other team members
Have 1+ years’ experience building numerical models for solving electromagnetic problems using commercial tools such as COMSOL or HFSS
Have a record of creative application of electromagnetics or physics knowledge and numerical methods to solve complex problems in electromagnetic field applications.
Write scientific programs in at least one high-level language (such as C, C++, or JAVA), in addition to MATLAB and/or PYTHON
Ability to explain complex technical concepts through verbal and written communications to internal and external customers
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Professional experience in RCS, LO technology, RF, Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) simulations, or electromagnetics
Experience in modeling multi-physics problems, for example using HFSS, Matlab, VBROP, Xpatch, etc.
Experience in the research, design, computational electromagnetic modeling, fabrication, and testing of advanced electromagnetic metamaterials
Familiarity with tailoring EM fields to control reflection, transmission, and absorption by way of patterning surfaces and designing their effective material properties.
Experience in low observable RF and IR coatings material & processes procedures and requirements, be able to author and release updates and original documents and possess extensive experience with strategic coating materials’ application in a research or production environment.
Security Clearance Statement This position requires a government security clearance; applicants must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration. Applicants must either have a current SECRET security clearance or be able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by the work start date and be qualified to obtain a full clearance upon formal investigation. If selected and if required, the candidate will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet requirements for handling classified information.
Physical Work Requirements
Able to lift 25 lbs. and stand for many hours per day.
Compensation Range The expected base salary range for this position is between
$155,200.00 - $232,800.00 .
Benefits & Perks In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable) and other benefits as detailed in the full benefits package. Lyten 3D Graphene™ offers a competitive total rewards package that includes generous equity, performance bonuses, health coverage, and more.
EEO & Equal Opportunity Lyten is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.
Compliance & Notice IMPORTANT: Please be aware that fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, interviews or employment offers may be circulated on the Internet in an attempt to obtain privileged information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Lyten Does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. We Do NOT use any messaging apps to recruit or communicate at any time during the recruiting process. Links to the actual job posting will be provided in the email, please verify the position is posted prior to communicating. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page and all communications will be from the recruiting team and will be from a @lyten.com email address. Principals only; third party or agency submitted candidates will not be considered.
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