Radio Frequency Engineering Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

4 Weeks PTO

Full Benefits

401(k) Match

Relocation Assistance

Weekends Off

Hybrid Work Model

Job summary

Rise Technical in Louisville, KY is seeking an experienced RF Engineering Manager to lead a domestic team and, after relocation, incorporate hybrid working arrangements. The role offers a clear path to a global leadership position in high-frequency RF technology.

You will oversee several high-frequency products through design reviews, mentor engineers, and coordinate with product marketing and sourcing to keep the roadmap aligned. Global responsibilities will grow as the team expands.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead a domestic RF engineering team and oversee remote designers.
• Drive design reviews and manage a structured stage-gate process for multiple high-frequency products.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing and sourcing to align with the product roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and develop talent, with increasing global responsibility over time.

Skills

RF Interconnect

Leadership

Coaxial

Microwave

Millimeter wave

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!

Louisville, KY - Full relocation assistance provided

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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