RF Analog Design Engineer - 18 GHz for Defense/Aerospace

The Recruiting Hive; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Full-time position

Direct hire

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive in Huntsville, AL is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to help develop RF/mixed-signal front-end architectures for defense and aerospace embedded computing platforms. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocks, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems teams.

From concept and simulation to hardware validation and production, you will influence architecture decisions, troubleshoot signal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Expertise designing RF and mixed-signal signal chains including RF front ends, analog filtering, ADC/DAC interfaces, clock generation and power architectures.
• Experience taking RF hardware from system architecture through schematic capture, PCB implementation, debugging, validation, and production.
• Strong RF design theory knowledge: filtering, impedance matching, noise mitigation, shielding, grounding, and high-speed PCB implementation.
• Experience selecting and integrating high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI, Analog Devices or similar.
• RF circuits operating up to 18 GHz.
• Understanding of digital interfaces connecting high-speed converters to FPGA-based processing.
• Experience designing programmable clock generation and distribution for multiple sampling rates.
• Experience designing low-noise power supplies for mixed-signal/RF systems.
• Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers and RF test equipment.
• Collaboration with PCB layout engineers to optimize placement, routing, grounding and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Design RF front-end architectures for high-performance embedded computing products.
• Develop RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking systems, and power architectures.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software and systems engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Influence architecture decisions, solve signal integrity issues, and contribute to next-generation RF/mixed-signal platforms.

Skills

RF design

Mixed-signal design

Schematic capture

PCB collaboration

High-speed interfaces

Clocking distribution

Signal integrity

Power electronics

RF testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

RFSoC

Mentor Xpedition

PCB layout tools

Job description

The Recruiting Hive in Huntsville, AL is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to help develop RF/mixed-signal front-end architectures for defense and aerospace embedded computing platforms. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocks, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems teams.

From concept and simulation to hardware validation and production, you will influence architecture decisions, troubleshoot signal