RF Analog Front-End Architect (Relocation Paid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company?

Paid time off and holidays

Career development and technical培训

Job summary

Connectly Recruiting is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to help develop 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 systems, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB, embedded software, and systems engineering teams across the full product lifecycle.

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, analog filtering, ADC/DAC interfaces, clock generation, synchronization, and low-noise power architectures
• Experience taking complex RF hardware from system architecture through schematic capture, PCB implementation, hardware debugging, validation, and production
• Strong understanding of RF design theory, including filter design, impedance matching, signal integrity, noise mitigation, shielding, grounding, and high-speed mixed-signal PCB implementation
• Extensive experience selecting and integrating high-speed ADCs and DACs from vendors such as TI, Analog Devices, or similar manufacturers
• Strong experience designing RF circuits operating up to 18 GHz
• Strong understanding of digital interfaces connecting high-speed converters to FPGA-based processing architectures
• Experience designing programmable clock generation and distribution systems supporting multiple sampling rates and bandwidths
• Experience designing low-noise power supplies for high-performance mixed-signal and RF systems
• Hands‑on laboratory experience using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers, and related RF test equipment
• Experience collaborating closely with PCB layout engineers to optimize component placement, controlled impedance routing, grounding, isolation, and manufacturability
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze and resolve complex analog and mixed-signal performance issues

Responsibilities

• Design RF signal paths, low-noise analog circuitry, clocking systems, and power architectures.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB layout, embedded software, and systems teams to develop RF solutions.
• Guide architecture decisions from concept to production and validate with hardware tests.

Skills

RF design theory

Mixed-signal design

Signal integrity

Impedance matching

Low-noise power supplies

Clock generation & distribution

RF front ends

Schematic capture / PCB implementation

Hardware debugging

Lab equipment troubleshooting

Collaboration with PCB layout

High-speed PCB implementation

RF front-end RFSoC/FPGA interfaces

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

ADC/DAC integration (TI/Analog Devices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Job description

Connectly Recruiting is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to help develop 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 systems, and power architectures while collaborating with FPGA, PCB, embedded software, and systems engineering teams across the full product lifecycle.