RF Analog Design Engineer — 18 GHz, Defense

Management Performance Associates; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Management Performance Associates in Huntsville, AL, is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to join a defense/aerospace embedded computing team. You will craft analog RF front-ends, low-noise circuitry, clocking and power architectures for FMC/RFSoC-based platforms, collaborating with FPGA, PCB, embedded software, and systems engineers.

From concept through validation to production, you will influence architecture decisions, resolve signal integrity challenges, and contribute to cutting-edge RF

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Expertise designing complete RF and mixed-signal signal chains, including RF front ends, analog filtering, ADC/DAC interfaces, clock generation, synchronization, and low-noise power architectures.
• Experience taking complex RF hardware from system architecture through schematic capture, PCB implementation, hardware debugging, validation, and production.
• Strong understanding of RF design theory, including filter design, impedance matching, signal integrity, noise mitigation, shielding, grounding, and high-speed mixed-signal PCB implementation.
• Extensive experience selecting and integrating high-speed ADCs and DACs from vendors such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, or similar manufacturers.
• Strong experience designing RF circuits operating up to 18 GHz.
• Strong understanding of digital interfaces connecting high-speed converters to FPGA-based processing architectures.
• Experience designing programmable clock generation and distribution systems supporting multiple sampling rates and bandwidths.
• Experience designing low-noise power supplies for high-performance mixed-signal and RF systems.
• Hands‑on laboratory experience using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers, and related RF test equipment.
• Experience collaborating closely with PCB layout engineers to optimize component placement, controlled impedance routing, grounding, isolation, and manufacturability.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze and resolve complex analog and mixed-signal performance issues.

Responsibilities

• As an RF Analog Design Engineer, you’ll help develop sophisticated analog front-end architectures for high-performance embedded computing products used in defense and aerospace applications.
• You’ll design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking systems, and power architectures while collaborating closely with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems engineering teams.
• Your work will span the complete product lifecycle—from concept and simulation through hardware validation and production—allowing you to influence architecture decisions, solve challenging signal integrity problems, and contribute directly to next-generation RF and mixed-signal platforms.

Skills

RF analog design

RF front ends

ADC/DAC interfaces

Clock generation & distribution

Signal integrity analysis

Lab equipment usage

RF system debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Management Performance Associates in Huntsville, AL, is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to join a defense/aerospace embedded computing team. You will craft analog RF front-ends, low-noise circuitry, clocking and power architectures for FMC/RFSoC-based platforms, collaborating with FPGA, PCB, embedded software, and systems engineers.

From concept through validation to production, you will influence architecture decisions, resolve signal integrity challenges, and contribute to cutting-edge RF