Radio Frequency Engineering Manager

Rise Technical; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 Weeks PTO

Full Benefits

401(k) Match

Relocation Assistance

Hybrid Working After Year 1

Weekends Off

Job summary

Rise Technical is seeking an experienced RF Engineering Manager in Kentucky to lead a domestic team and oversee remote designers. You will drive multiple high-frequency products through formal design reviews and a stage-gate process, mentoring engineers along a defined growth path to global leadership.

The role offers a clear route to Global RF Engineering Manager, a hybrid work arrangement after the first year, relocation assistance, and a comprehensive benefits package as the company expands

Qualifications

• Strong RF engineering background with interconnect expertise.
• Leadership or supervisory experience is required.
• Experience with coaxial, microwave, and high-frequency or millimeter wave RF products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a domestic RF engineering team and oversee remote designers.
• Drive multiple high-frequency products through design reviews and a stage-gate process.
• Collaborate with product marketing and sourcing to align engineering with the roadmap.
• Mentor and develop engineers with a path to global leadership.

Skills

RF engineering

Interconnect expertise

Leadership

Design reviews

Stage-gate process

Mentoring

Job description

$150,000 - $200,000 + Bonus + Route to Global RF Engineering Manager + Hybrid Working After First Year + 4 Weeks PTO + Full Benefits + 401(k) Match + Relocation Assistance + Weekends Off!

Kentucky

Are you an RF Engineer with interconnect expertise and leadership experience ready to head up a team at the frontier of high-frequency RF technology, with a clear route to a global leadership role?

On offer is the chance to lead the design of cutting-edge, ultra-high-frequency RF products for demanding applications, managing a talented engineering team while stepping into one of the fastest-growing segments of the business, with a defined path to Global RF Engineering Manager.

This global technology leader sits at the very frontier of high-frequency RF, developing the components that go into testing next-generation computer systems and semiconductors, satellite communications, and defense applications. In the middle of a major growth surge with bookings up significantly year on year, they invest heavily in R&D and in their people, offering the kind of highly specialized, cutting-edge work that makes an engineer genuinely valuable.

In this role, you will lead a domestic engineering team while overseeing remote designers, taking multiple high-frequency products through design reviews and a structured stage-gate process. You will run design review and one-to-one meetings, collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing and sourcing to keep engineering aligned with the product roadmap, and mentor and develop your engineers. As the role grows, you will take on global responsibility, managing teams across multiple regions.

This role is perfect for an experienced RF Engineer with interconnect expertise, looking to lead a team, work on genuinely cutting-edge technology, and progress into global engineering leadership.

The Role:

• Leading a domestic RF engineering team while overseeing remote designers.
• Taking multiple high-frequency products through design reviews and a structured stage-gate process.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with product marketing and sourcing to align engineering with the product roadmap.
• Mentoring and developing engineers, with a route to managing teams globally.

The Person:

• Strong RF engineering background, ideally with RF interconnect experience
• Leadership or supervisory experience
• Experience with coaxial, microwave, and high-frequency or millimeter wave RF products

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