RF Analog Design Engineer - 18 GHz Mixed-Signal for Defense

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401(k) retirement plan

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Top Dog Recruiting seeks an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to help develop advanced RF and mixed-signal front-end architectures for rugged embedded computing used in defense and aerospace. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB, and software teams.

You will drive the complete lifecycle from concept through validation to production, addressing signal integrity and architecture decisions to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing RF and mixed-signal signal chains including RF front ends and low-noise power architectures.
• Experience from system architecture to production including schematic capture and debugging.
• Strong RF design theory knowledge: filtering, impedance matching, and noise mitigation.
• Experience selecting high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI, Analog Devices or similar.
• RF circuits up to 18 GHz and digital interfaces to FPGA.
• Clock generation and distribution for multiple sampling rates.
• Low-noise power supply design for mixed-signal/RF systems.
• Lab experience with RF test equipment and collaboration with PCB layout teams.
• Strong troubleshooting for analog/mixed-signal issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop analog front-end architectures for high-performance embedded RF products.
• Design RF signal paths, low-noise circuitry, clocks, and power architectures.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB, software, and systems engineers throughout the lifecycle.
• Influence architecture decisions and resolve signal integrity challenges.
• Support production readiness and test strategy for RF/mixed-signal platforms.

Skills

RF design

Mixed-signal

Analog design

Signal integrity

Troubleshooting

Lab testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

RFSoC devices

Xpedition DxDesigner

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Job description

Top Dog Recruiting seeks an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to help develop advanced RF and mixed-signal front-end architectures for rugged embedded computing used in defense and aerospace. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB, and software teams.

You will drive the complete lifecycle from concept through validation to production, addressing signal integrity and architecture decisions to