Senior RF Hardware Engineer (Space Communications) Seen this week
About the role
As a Senior RF Hardware Engineer, you will own RF electronics design and performance for Northwood's global network of phased array ground stations. You will drive overall ground network and portal design based on RF performance trades, and collaborate across electrical, RF, mechanical, manufacturing, and software teams to deliver products from concept to production.
What you will do
- Design RF electronics hardware for next-generation products and iterate on existing designs to improve reliability, performance, and manufacturability
- Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (amplifiers, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance
- Build RF circuits (LNAs, filters, power amplifiers) and support circuitry (power, digital control), then characterize their performance
- Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of RF design experience across circuits, filters, or antennas
Preferred experience
- 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 common digital interfaces such as I2C/SPI
- Theory and testing related to EVM, Noise Figure, power handling metrics (IIP2, IMD), impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis
- Python or other languages for data analysis and test automation
Requirements
- Top Secret Security Clearance required as a condition of employment. You will be expected to initiate the clearance application promptly upon offer acceptance.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to comply with ITAR regulations
Compensation and benefits
Base salary determined on a case-by-case basis depending on role, level, location, skills, education, experience, and technical expertise. Benefits include company stock options, discretionary performance bonuses, comprehensive medical/vision/dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, flexible time off, 10+ paid holidays per year, retirement savings plans, and professional development opportunities.