RF Analog Design Engineer – 18 GHz RFSoC & Front-End

Top Echelon Software, LLC; 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

Paid time off

Career development

Relocation assistance

Technical leadership access

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC in Austin, TX seeks an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop high-performance RF front-ends and mixed-signal circuits for defense and aerospace embedded platforms. You will work with FPGA, PCB, and software teams to craft low-noise, robust RF chains and power architectures.

The role covers concept to validation and production, with exposure to cutting-edge FMC/RFSoC products. Relocation is available for candidates, and the team emphasizes technical leadership and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience designing RF and mixed-signal signal chains end-to-end.
• Ability to take RF hardware from concept through production.
• Strong RF theory, impedance matching, noise mitigation and shielding.
• Experience selecting high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI/Analog Devices.

Responsibilities

• Design RF front ends, analog filtering, and clocking for high-performance embedded products.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB, and systems engineering to optimize architectures.
• Lead debugging, validation, and production readiness across lifecycles.
• Address signal integrity and grounding, routing, and high-frequency issues.

Skills

RF/mixed-signal design

Low-noise analog design

ADC/DAC interfaces

Clock generation

Schematic capture

PCB collaboration

Oscilloscope testing

RF front ends 18 GHz

FPGA interface

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xpedition DxDesigner

RFSoC design

TI/AD ADC-DAC vendors

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC in Austin, TX seeks an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop high-performance RF front-ends and mixed-signal circuits for defense and aerospace embedded platforms. You will work with FPGA, PCB, and software teams to craft low-noise, robust RF chains and power architectures.

The role covers concept to validation and production, with exposure to cutting-edge FMC/RFSoC products. Relocation is available for candidates, and the team emphasizes technical leadership and