RF/EMC Desense Engineer — Bench & Field Troubleshooter

Syntronic; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntronic seeks an experienced RF/EMC Engineer in San Jose to characterize and resolve desense and EMI issues on consumer electronics. You will integrate EMC concepts across desense, antenna, wireless, and RF engineering while working closely with colleagues on bench, lab, and production environments.

You will travel as needed to customer sites and engage in hands-on measurement, modeling, and collaboration to meet performance targets and schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) with 3–5+ years of experience, OR a Master's/PhD with 2+ years.
• Proven track record of solving desense, EMI, and EMC problems on consumer electronic products.
• Strong hands-on bench skills — comfortable owning lab measurement, instrumentation, and debug as a daily focus.

Responsibilities

• Characterize, root-cause, and resolve desense, EMI, and EMC issues across product programs (Wi-Fi, BT/BLE, LTE/5G, GNSS, and other radios).
• Perform hands-on bench and lab work: bring-up, instrumentation setup, near-field/conducted/radiated measurement, and debug.
• Apply EM concepts to solve desense, EMI, RF, antenna, and SI/PI problems in collaboration with antenna and RF engineers.
• Perform noise-source identification, coupling-path analysis, PSD measurement, and mitigation design (shielding, filtering, grounding, layout).
• Use EM simulation and modeling to predict and resolve interference before and during builds.

Skills

Bench skills

EM concepts

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's/PhD in related field

Tools

CST

HFSS

ADS

Python

C/C++

Job description

Syntronic seeks an experienced RF/EMC Engineer in San Jose to characterize and resolve desense and EMI issues on consumer electronics. You will integrate EMC concepts across desense, antenna, wireless, and RF engineering while working closely with colleagues on bench, lab, and production environments.

You will travel as needed to customer sites and engage in hands-on measurement, modeling, and collaboration to meet performance targets and schedules.