RF Analog Design Engineer - 18 GHz, Defense & Aerospace

Genie Matthews and Associates; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with companycon

Paid time off and holidays

Career development and training

Access to technical leadership

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Genie Matthews and Associates in Austin, TX is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop rugged RF/mixed-signal hardware for aerospace and defense markets. You will design RF front-ends, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking and power architectures, and collaborate with FPGA, PCB, and software teams to build mission-critical platforms.

The role spans concept to production, with opportunities to influence architecture, optimize signal integrity, and contribute to next‑gen RF solutions used

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 and analog filtering
• Experience taking RF hardware from system architecture through schematic capture, PCB implementation, validation, and production
• Strong RF design theory knowledge: impedance matching, noise mitigation, shielding, grounding
• Experience selecting high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI, Analog Devices, or similar
• RF circuits operating up to 18 GHz; experience with RFSoC is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design RF analog front-end architectures for high-performance embedded computing products
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB, embedded software, and systems engineers
• Guide lifecycle from concept to production, solving signal integrity challenges and architecture decisions

Skills

RF design theory

RF front ends

Mixed-signal signal chains

ADC/DAC experience

High-speed PCB implementation

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

PCB layout tools

Job description

Genie Matthews and Associates in Austin, TX is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop rugged RF/mixed-signal hardware for aerospace and defense markets. You will design RF front-ends, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking and power architectures, and collaborate with FPGA, PCB, and software teams to build mission-critical platforms.

The role spans concept to production, with opportunities to influence architecture, optimize signal integrity, and contribute to next‑gen RF solutions used