RF Hardware Engineer (Early Career) Seen this week
About the role
As an RF Hardware Engineer, you will own RF electronics design and performance for next-generation ground station products. You will influence the overall ground network design through RF performance trades and collaborate with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and software engineers from concept to production.
Responsibilities
- Design RF electronics hardware and iterate on existing designs to improve reliability, performance, and manufacturability
- Create electromagnetic simulation models of amplifiers, filters, and PCB layouts to evaluate performance
- Build and characterize RF circuits including LNAs, filters, power amplifiers, and support circuitry for power and digital control
- Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline
- 0-4+ years of RF design experience across circuits, filters, or antennas
Preferred Qualifications
- RF line-up design, considering non-linearity, noise, output power, and blocker/jammer tolerance
- Power amplifier, LNA, and filter design
- Design and bring-up of point-of-load converters and digital interfaces such as I2C/SPI
- Theory and testing of EVM, Noise Figure, power handling metrics (IIP2, IMD), impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis
- Python or other programming language for data analysis and test automation
Requirements
- Must obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain authorization from the U.S. Department of State to comply with ITAR regulations
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is based on role, level, location, and market alignment. Package includes base salary, company stock options, performance bonuses, medical/vision/dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, flexible time off, 10+ paid holidays annually, retirement savings plans, and professional development opportunities.