RF Hardware Design Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: RF Hardware Design Engineer

Description

Design and develop advanced RF/microwave hardware systems, including RF/microwave circuits, low-noise analog, power systems, FPGA hardware, and embedded GPU platforms. Translate system requirements into hardware and software specifications, evaluate tradeoffs, and troubleshoot complex hardware issues to improve performance. Partner cross-functionally from concept through production to ensure real-world application needs are met.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop hardware systems across RF/microwave, low-noise analog, power systems, FPGA hardware, and embedded GPU platforms
• Evaluate tradeoffs between RF hardware and signal processing (detection, tracking, calibration, interference mitigation)
• Translate system-level requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Assess feasibility across technical, cost, and schedule constraints
• Partner with systems, electrical, mechanical, and software teams from concept through production
• Troubleshoot complex hardware issues and drive design improvements
• Collaborate with product teams to align performance with real-world application needs

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering or similar field (or equivalent work experience)
• 1-4 years of work experience in RF Hardware Design (academic experience may be considered)
• RF/microwave design experience in areas such as upconversion/downconversion, mixers and signal chain design, amplifiers (LNAs/PAs), transceivers, filtering, phased arrays, calibration, waveform generation (DDS/PLL), oscillators (OCXO or similar)
• Experience with PLLs (integer vs fractional-N, loop bandwidth)
• Experience with transceiver signal chain design would be ideal
• Hardware and circuit design experience: schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• LTSpice (required)
• Simulation tools: HFSS, ADS, or similar
• Data analysis tools: Python, MATLAB, or equivalent tools