RF Applications Engineer — Field & Lab, Irvine (Travel)

Assured Space Access, Inc; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Assured Space Access Technologies, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking an RF Applications Engineer to bridge RF products with customers and integrators.

You will work hands‑on in the lab and on customer sites, supporting integration, test, and field use, while translating findings back to design teams. Responsibilities include working with phased array antennas, radar, and 5G base station systems, plus providing on-site support, demonstrations, and technical guidance to customers and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 6+ years RF/microwave engineering experience with 2+ years in a customer-facing/applications role.
• Strong RF fundamentals: link budgets, noise figure, gain, linearity, impedance matching, S-parameters, antennas.
• Hands-on RF test equipment experience: network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters.
• Experience integrating/troubleshooting RF hardware at system level in lab and field.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to present to customers and leadership.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to customer sites.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain U.S. Secret clearance (citizenship).
• On-site Irvine, CA 5 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical contact for customers and prime contractors from requirements through integration and test.
• Diagnose and resolve RF performance and integration issues in lab and field; drive fixes with engineering.
• Support on-site installations, demonstrations, field tests, and customer acceptance activities.
• Train customer engineers and operators on product setup, configuration, and performance.
• Partner with business development to understand customer requirements and propose technical solutions.
• Build and run product demos and prepare technical presentations and performance summaries.
• Contribute technical content to proposals, including RF performance analyses.
• Capture field results and turn feedback into clear engineering requirements.

Skills

RF fundamentals

Customer-facing experience

Documentation & communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Power meters

Job description

Assured Space Access Technologies, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking an RF Applications Engineer to bridge RF products with customers and integrators.

You will work hands‑on in the lab and on customer sites, supporting integration, test, and field use, while translating findings back to design teams. Responsibilities include working with phased array antennas, radar, and 5G base station systems, plus providing on-site support, demonstrations, and technical guidance to customers and partners.