# Senior RF / EMI Engineer

**Company:** [Skyways](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/skyways)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Rf Systems, Emi/Emc, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Antennas, Gps, Data Links, Mil-Std-461, Do-160, Pcb Layout
**Posted:** 2026-01-26

> Senior RF/EMI Engineer ensures electromagnetic compatibility for autonomous UAV avionics, communications, and power systems. Diagnoses issues, implements mitigations like shielding and filtering, and leads validation from development to certification. Requires 5+ years experience with RF/EMI in complex hardware, ideally aviation.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

- Own RF, EMI, and EMC considerations across avionics, communications, payloads, and power systems.
- Diagnose and resolve EMI issues during integration, ground test, and flight test.
- Define and implement EMI mitigation strategies including grounding, shielding, filtering, cable routing, and enclosure design.
- Partner closely with electrical and systems engineers to influence system architecture early.
- Define and optimize RF hardware placement within the aircraft.
- Own RF and EMI validation end to end, from in-house development testing through pre-compliance and formal EMI/EMC certification.
- Work directly with flight hardware in the lab and on the aircraft.

## What You'll Bring

- 5+ years of experience working on RF, EMI, or EMC for complex hardware systems.
- Background in aviation or satellites.
- **Strong understanding of EMI/EMC fundamentals and coupling mechanisms**.
- Experience with RF systems such as radios, antennas, GPS, or data links.
- Hands-on debugging experience using **spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes**, and related lab equipment.
- Experience supporting system integration and cross-disciplinary debugging.
- Ability to translate theory into practical, flight-ready solutions.

## Bonus Points

- Experience with airborne or safety-critical systems.
- Familiarity with standards such as **MIL-STD-461** or **DO-160**.
- Experience reviewing or influencing PCB layout for EMI robustness.
- Flight test or forward-deployed testing experience.
- Background spanning both RF design and system-level EMI troubleshooting.

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