RF Engineer

NexGen Tech Solutions; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NexGen Tech Solutions in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, prototype, and test RF, analog, and digital subsystems. You will drive regulatory certification for FCC/ETSI/IC and support manufacturing during development and production.

The ideal candidate brings RF and digital design experience (RF up to 28 GHz), PCB impedance control, EMI techniques, and experience with Wi‑Fi RF subsystems.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
• RF and digital design experience; RF up to 28 GHz preferred.
• Regulatory requirements and certification process for wireless devices (FCC, ETSI, IC).
• Solid grasp of PCB design including impedance control and stackup.
• RF design techniques, clock distribution, and EMI control.
• Experience with RF subsystems of Wi‑Fi radios (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and LitePoint testing desirable.
• Ability to simulate planar RF structures like filters, splitters, mixers, couplers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, prototype and test RF, analog, and digital subsystems.
• Provide manufacturing support of the product lines during development and production.
• Drive agency certification work for US and international markets for wireless products.
• Provide sustaining engineering support to debug field issues, improve manufacturability, reduce cost, and improve quality of existing products.

Skills

RF design

Digital design

Regulatory compliance

PCB design

EMI control

High‑speed design

LitePoint testing

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LitePoint equipment

Job description

• Design, develop, prototype and test Radio Frequency (RF), analog, and digital subsystems
• Provide manufacturing support of the product lines during development and production
• Drive agency certification work for both US and international markets for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum products
• Provide sustaining engineering support to debug field issues, improve manufacturability, reduce cost, and improve quality of existing products

Qualification & Experience:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
• RF and digital design experience. RF experience up to 28 GHz preferred
• Working experience with regulatory requirements and certification process for wireless consumer devices, including FCC, ETSI, IC, etc
• A solid grasp of PCB design including an understanding of:
• RF design techniques and constraints
• Place and route constraints for both RF and high speed digital design
• Clock distribution
• PCB material selection, board stackup design and impedance control
• EMI control and reduction
• Experience with the design and debug of the RF subsystems of Wi-Fi radios (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) including the use of LitePoint equipment (or equivalent) to characterize RF performance is highly desirable
• Expertise to simulate planar RF structures such as filters, splitters, mixers and couplers on PCBs