Senior RF Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with EE, RF, antenna, mechanical, industrial design, and systems teams to optimize end-to-end wireless performance.
• Define wireless system architecture, requirements, specifications, and performance targets.
• Design, integrate, and validate wireless solutions across LTE/5G cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/GNSS, and other radio technologies and frequency bands.
• Lead cellular hardware integration from architecture through bring-up, debugging, optimization, certification, and production ramp.
• Drive RF coexistence and desense analysis across integrated wireless subsystems.
• Perform circuit-level analysis to debug RF performance, interference, and desense issues; characterize aggressor/victim relationships.
• Identify and mitigate board- and system-level noise sources.
• Support product development from concept and prototyping through validation, qualification, carrier certification, PTCRB, regulatory approval, and manufacturing test.
• Develop and execute wireless characterization plans, including TRP/TIS, OTA, throughput, range, and coexistence testing.
• Partner with module vendors, certification laboratories, and carriers on cellular integration and compliance.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience developing wireless consumer or embedded products with complex RF systems.
• Strong cellular hardware development experience, including LTE modem integration, RF front-end architecture, carrier requirements, and system bring-up/debug.
• Deep understanding of LTE/cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/GNSS, and RF coexistence challenges.
• Understanding of RF desense, EMI/EMC mitigation, radiated and conducted coupling, and system-level integration.
• Experience with analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design and analysis.
• Experience with PCB schematic review, layout guidance, RF routing, grounding, shielding, and power integrity.
• Experience debugging and optimizing wireless performance in highly integrated products.
• Hands-on experience with network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, CMW500, signal generators, power meters, near-field probes, and OTA test systems.
• Experience with Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS.
• Experience performing and analyzing TRP, TIS, OTA, throughput, and rate-versus-range measurements.
• Understanding of manufacturing test, production calibration, and wireless validation workflows.
• Ability to independently drive complex technical problems across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting products through PTCRB and carrier certification processes.
• FAA Part 107 certification, or willingness to obtain it within the first 60 days where required.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary: $206,000–$271,000.
• Equity through stock options.
• Health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401(k) savings plan.
• Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.