RF Modem Engineer (35384)

Myticas Consulting; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Myticas Consulting seeks an experienced RF Module Technical Leader to drive the end-to-end design, integration, and lifecycle management of advanced RF modules for broadband wireless and high-speed communications. You will define RF architectures, performance budgets, and ensure subsystem performance across environmental conditions.

You will lead DFx reviews, technology trade studies, and coordinate with contract manufacturers, fabrication partners, and design partners to maximize yield and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading RF module design and lifecycle management.
• Strong background in RF architectures, performance budgets and system-level trade studies.
• Experience coordinating with external partners and contract manufacturers.
• Familiarity with high-speed mixed-signal design and verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead design reviews, technical readiness, and milestone assessments for RF modules.
• Define performance budgets (gain, NF, IP3, phase noise, spurious) and verify across conditions.
• Interface with manufacturing and supplier teams to ensure producibility and long-term reliability.
• Develop test strategies and acceptance criteria for RF and system-level testing.
• Support validation, production ramp-up, and corrective actions from field data.

Skills

RF design leadership

Signal integrity

DFM/DFT/DFS reviews

EMI/EMC mitigation

Thermal management

RF grounding/isolation

Tools

Schematic review tools

PCB layout review

Job description

RF Module Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical lead for the design, integration, and lifecycle management of advanced RF modules supporting broadband wireless, satellite, or high-speed communications systems.
• Define RF architectures and establish performance budgets, including gain, noise figure, linearity, phase noise, dynamic range, and spurious emissions.
• Ensure RF subsystem performance meets specifications across process, voltage, temperature, aging, and environmental operating conditions.
• Perform system-level trade studies and evaluate the impact of changing technical requirements, component selections, and operating environments.
• Review and approve RF schematics, PCB layouts, and design documentation developed by internal engineering teams and external design partners.
• Ensure best practices are followed for:
• RF grounding and isolation
• Signal integrity and high-speed layout
• Thermal management
• Mixed-signal design and partitioning
• Participate in design reviews, technical readiness assessments, and product milestone reviews while identifying technical risks and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Act as the primary engineering interface with contract manufacturers, fabrication partners, assembly houses, and component suppliers.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and Design for Serviceability (DFS) reviews to maximize production yield, reliability, and long-term manufacturability.
• Develop and maintain:
• Manufacturing test strategies
• Acceptance and qualification criteria
• Correlation and calibration plans
• Support engineering validation, design verification, production validation, and manufacturing ramp-up activities.
• Analyze manufacturing data, yield trends, and field returns to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), ensuring full product lifecycle traceability.
• Develop and maintain RF, functional, and system-level test procedures.
• Support laboratory validation and production testing, including measurements such as:
• Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)
• Harmonics and Spurious Emissions
• Frequency response and waveform compliance
• Partner with systems, hardware, and test engineering teams to ensure complete requirements verification and traceability.
• Support environmental qualification, thermal characterization, vibration testing, and long-term reliability validation for high-performance communications products.

RF Design Review & Engineering Oversight

• Review and approve RF schematics, PCB layouts, and design documentation developed by internal engineering teams and external design partners.
• Ensure best practices are followed for:
• RF grounding and isolation
• Signal integrity and high-speed layout
• EMI/EMC mitigation
• Thermal management
• Mixed-signal design and partitioning
• Participate in design reviews, technical readiness assessments, and product milestone reviews while identifying technical risks and recommending mitigation strategies.

Manufacturing & Product Industrialization

• Act as the primary engineering interface with contract manufacturers, fabrication partners, assembly houses, and component suppliers.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and Design for Serviceability (DFS) reviews to maximize production yield, reliability, and long-term manufacturability.
• Develop and maintain:
• Manufacturing test strategies
• Acceptance and qualification criteria
• Golden reference units
• Correlation and calibration plans
• Support engineering validation, design verification, production validation, and manufacturing ramp-up activities.
• Analyze manufacturing data, yield trends, and field returns to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), ensuring full product lifecycle traceability.

RF Test, Validation & Verification

• Develop and maintain RF, functional, and system-level test procedures.
• Support laboratory validation and production testing, including measurements such as:
• Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)
• Modulation Error Ratio (MER)
• Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR)
• Phase Noise
• Harmonics and Spurious Emissions
• Frequency response and waveform compliance
• Partner with systems, hardware, and test engineering teams to ensure complete requirements verification and traceability.
• Support environmental qualification, thermal characterization, vibration testing, and long-term reliability validation for high-performance communications products.

Embedded Systems & Firmware Integration

• Collaborate with embedded software and firmware teams responsible for configuring, controlling, and monitoring RF hardware.
• Review and support embedded interfaces including SPI, I²C, UART, GPIO, and other hardware communication protocols.
• Support board bring-up, hardware calibration, compensation algorithms, telemetry, diagnostics, and health monitoring functions.
• Ensure embedded control software supports both manufacturing test environments and deployed field operations.

Product Lifecycle & Sustaining Engineering

• Provide technical leadership throughout the entire product lifecycle, from concept development through production and sustaining engineering.
• Investigate customer issues, manufacturing defects, and field failures, implementing corrective and preventive actions where required.
• Evaluate component obsolescence risks and identify suitable replacement components while maintaining product performance and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including systems engineering, hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and customer support to deliver reliable, high-performance RF products on schedule.