Senior RF Engineering Supervisor
Company websitecurtisswright.com (Curtiss-Wright, opens in new tab)
Base salary From $160K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Newtown, PA
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- LocationNewtown, PA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
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About this job
Senior RF Engineering Supervisor
We are looking for a Senior RF Engineering Supervisor to join our TTC facility. As an RF Engineering Supervisor, you will have hands-on experience with leading a team tasked with specifying, developing, validating, releasing and supporting products utilized in flight test applications. This player coach role requires strong leadership, organizational, and collaboration skills; along with hands on design, analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
Location: Newtown, PA
Salary Range: $160,000 - 190,000 Per Year
Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Pennsylvania. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.
We Take Care of Our People
Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture *
Your Challenge:
- Supervise experienced team of RF design professionals tasked with designing RF circuits operating at frequencies from 400Mhz through 6Ghz and power levels from milliwatts through 50watts CW, up to 500Watts pulsed power
- Understanding small and large signal parameters associated with matching networks, gain analysis, active filtering.
- Design, simulation, and analysis of analog and RF circuits utilizing Ansys HFSS, Microwave Office, PSpice
- Design, simulation, and analysis of DC power supplies
- Understanding performance characteristics of passive and active circuits such as amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, filters, and PLLs
- Support the design process from creation of requirements through production release.
- Conduct various design reviews: SRR, PDR, CDR and address associated actions.
- Ability to work with a variety of RF test equipment to support troubleshooting, debug, and product optimization.
- Perform de-rating and reliability analyses.
- Support in-house and customer required root cause corrective action requests.
- Support product sustaining activities for diverse product portfolio.
Your Expertise:
- BS in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering (from an accredited college or university) with a minimum of 15 years experience required. MSEE with 15 years experience preferred.
- 2+ years in a management or leadership role.
- Logic design utilizing Xilinx, Microsemi, Intel FPGAs, desired.
- Experience designing and implementing digital filters using MATLAB/Simulink, preferred.
- Familiarity with RF waveforms such as PCMFM, SOQPSK, BPSK, QPSK
- Experience utilizing schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
- Familiarity with transmitter and receiver architecture designs
- Support customers with RF link margin analysis
- Experience supporting Operations for new product deployment as well as sustaining activities.
- Experience supporting Sales and Program Management on customer centric programs.
- Ability to work independently, as well as coordinate cross functional design teams to ensure successful product development.
- Perform employee assessments, including screening and hiring of prospective candidates.
- Manage your team to execute project performance to identified budgets and schedules.
- Track, report and present project performance to senior leadership
- Support customer engagements from inception of RFQ through the entire product development cycle.
- Excellent communication, planning and leadership skills.
- Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
TTC, a Curtiss-Wright company, is a recognized leader in comprehensive and integrated data acquisition through telemetry systems that include data analysis units, sensors, transmitters, receivers, and ground station analysis tools to measure, record, transmit, and analyze aircraft and munitions parameters during test flights. TTC has broad exposure on more than 140 programs, including high-performance military aircraft such as the F-35 and F-18, major defense flight test centers, spacecraft, missile programs, and commercial and business jets. Key products include data acquisition units, recorders, network products, RF networks, airborne transmitters and receivers, and telemetry expansion cards.
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Compliance Statement
This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.
Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.
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Source: Curtiss-Wright on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($160,000) is above 90% of the 30 Engineering (non-software) roles in Pennsylvania listed on this site; 1 other lists the same floor. Their median floor is $119,800; the middle half runs from $106,611 to $145,250.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingSenior RF Engineering SupervisorFrom $160K
Principal Electrical Engineer$160K to $180K
Software Development Engineer, Prin$165K to $190K
Principal Hardware Engineer$155K to $185K
Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis$155K to $165K
Principal Systems & Controls Engineer$155K to $190K
Senior Principal Systems & Controls EngineerFrom $150K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior RF Engineering Supervisor (this listing) | From $160K |
| Principal Electrical Engineer | $160K - $180K |
| Software Development Engineer, Prin | $165K - $190K |
| Principal Hardware Engineer | $155K - $185K |
| Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis | $155K - $165K |
| Principal Systems & Controls Engineer | $155K - $190K |
| Senior Principal Systems & Controls Engineer | From $150K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-03
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US-PA-Newtown (TTC)
Salary Range: $160,000 - 190,000 Per Year
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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