RF Analog Design Engineer — Defense/Aerospace (FMC/RFSoC)

Key People; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Key People in Huntsville, AL is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop sophisticated RF front-end architectures for high-performance embedded computing products used in defense and aerospace applications. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems engineers.

The role spans concept to production, enabling architecture decisions and solving signal integrity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Expertise in RF and mixed-signal signal chains including front ends, filtering, ADC/DAC interfaces, clocking and power.
• Experience taking RF hardware from system architecture to production and validation.
• Strong RF theory: impedance matching, filtering, noise, shielding, grounding, high-speed PCB.
• Experience selecting high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI/Analog Devices and integrating them.

Responsibilities

• Develop analog front-end architectures for high-performance embedded RF hardware.
• Design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking and power architectures.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems engineers.
• Influence architecture decisions across the product lifecycle from concept to production.

Skills

RF front ends

Mixed-signal design

Signal integrity

Impedance matching

ADC/DAC interfaces

Clock generation

Power architecture

Lab measurement

PCB layout collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

Job description

Key People in Huntsville, AL is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer to develop sophisticated RF front-end architectures for high-performance embedded computing products used in defense and aerospace applications. You will design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems engineers.

The role spans concept to production, enabling architecture decisions and solving signal integrity