Senior RF & Antenna Engineer – Phased-Array & Ka/Ku

Fortil; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortil is seeking an RF/Antenna Engineer to join its multidisciplinary R&D team in Vaud, Switzerland. You will design, simulate, test and characterize RF subsystems and antennas, collaborating with diverse engineers to advance demonstrators toward industrialized products.

You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related field and have 5+ years hands-on RF/microwave/antenna experience. Fluent English is mandatory, and you are autonomous and meticulous.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in RF, microwave or antenna engineering.
• Strong understanding of RF/microwave theory.
• Proven experience in RF or antenna development and research activities.
• Experience testing and characterizing RF subsystems or antennas.
• Knowledge of RF structures and building blocks in Ka/Ku/X/C/S bands.
• Experience with electromagnetic or RF simulation tools (CST/ADS/HFSS/MATLAB).
• Hands-on RF measurement and laboratory instrumentation.
• Ability to correlate simulation and measurement results.
• Autonomous, meticulous and well-organized working style.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, simulation, testing and characterization of RF subsystems and antennas.
• Collaborate to define test strategies and characterization activities.
• Develop and evaluate RF structures and phased-array solutions.
• Support RF solutions across Ka, Ku, X, C and S bands.
• Prepare and operate RF measurement setups.
• Analyse and correlate simulated and measured performance.
• Conduct root-cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, software and system teams.

Skills

RF Engineering

Antenna Design

Circuit Simulation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

CST

ADS

HFSS

MATLAB

Job description

Fortil is seeking an RF/Antenna Engineer to join its multidisciplinary R&D team in Vaud, Switzerland. You will design, simulate, test and characterize RF subsystems and antennas, collaborating with diverse engineers to advance demonstrators toward industrialized products.

You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related field and have 5+ years hands-on RF/microwave/antenna experience. Fluent English is mandatory, and you are autonomous and meticulous.