Founding RF Hardware Engineer – Chip-Down Wireless

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

Snacks in offices

Job summary

Axon is seeking a founding Senior Electrical Engineer specializing in radio hardware and chip‑down design to own architecture, integration, development, and validation of sophisticated multi‑radio systems for mission‑critical hardware.

As a founding member of our hardware team, you will define how wireless technologies coexist within integrated battery‑powered devices and drive decisions from chipset selection to mass production, collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of electrical, radio hardware, or RF electronics design experience.
• Demonstrated chip‑down radio design or board‑level integration experience.
• Strong experience with LMR, LTE/cellular, broadband wireless, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, GNSS, or similar systems.
• Experience designing and debugging RF circuitry and related control interfaces.
• Understanding RF coexistence, interference, desense, isolation, EMI/EMC in multi‑radio products.
• Experience integrating multiple radios into compact, battery‑powered hardware.
• Hands‑on schematic/PCB design using Cadence OrCAD and Allegro.

Responsibilities

• Own board‑level implementation and integration of radio chipsets across wireless technologies.
• Translate requirements into radio hardware architectures and evaluate chipsets and front‑end components.
• Develop and review schematics/PCB implementations for RF transceivers and power circuitry.
• Design and validate multi‑radio systems addressing coexistence, interference, grounding and EMI/EMC.
• Solve hardware challenges when integrating LMR with cellular and other wireless tech.
• Collaborate with RF, Antenna, Mechanical, Firmware, and Systems teams on RF performance.
• Lead bring‑up, debugging with spectrum analyzers and network analyzers.
• Drive certification, EVT/DVT/PVT and mass production readiness of radio hardware.
• Provide technical leadership and liaise with chipset vendors and external partners.

Skills

Radio hardware design

Chip‑down design

RF electronics

Schematic & PCB

RF coexistence

Antenna integration

Bring‑up & debugging

Technical leadership

Domestic travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence OrCAD

Allegro

Job description

Axon is seeking a founding Senior Electrical Engineer specializing in radio hardware and chip‑down design to own architecture, integration, development, and validation of sophisticated multi‑radio systems for mission‑critical hardware.

As a founding member of our hardware team, you will define how wireless technologies coexist within integrated battery‑powered devices and drive decisions from chipset selection to mass production, collaborating with cross‑functional teams.