RF Hardware Engineer - Satalites

Fruition Group US; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group is seeking an RF Hardware Engineer to design, develop and validate high-performance electronics used within RF and radar payloads for space and defense applications.

The role combines RF hardware development with high-speed electronics, mixed-signal design, system integration and hands-on laboratory validation.

Qualifications

• Experience with RF front-end architectures and mixed-signal design.
• Strong lab and hardware-debugging skills.
• Experience with high-speed ADC/DAC systems.
• Experience using RF test equipment (signal generators, power meters).
• Understanding RF fundamentals: impedance matching, noise, and signal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RF and mixed-signal electronic hardware.
• Support hardware architecture for advanced radar and satellite systems.
• Develop RF front-end and supporting electronics.
• Design low-noise RF and analog circuitry.
• Work with high-speed ADCs, DACs and digitizer architectures.
• Integrate RF components, processors, FPGAs and high-speed interfaces.
• Support phased-array and antenna-related electronics.
• Perform schematic capture and support PCB layout.
• Conduct RF and electrical simulations.
• Lead board bring-up, characterization and debugging.
• Develop and execute hardware validation plans.
• Perform laboratory testing using RF and high-speed measurement equipment.
• Investigate signal integrity, noise and system performance issues.
• Support environmental and system-level testing.
• Collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA, firmware, mechanical and systems engineers.
• Support hardware from prototype through flight-ready implementation.

Skills

RF Engineering

High-speed electronics

Laboratory debugging

Impedance matching

Signal integrity

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Signal Generators

Power Meters

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Fruition Group is supporting a leading space technology company developing advanced satellite and radar systems.

We are looking for an RF Hardware Engineer to design, develop and validate high-performance electronics used within sophisticated RF and radar payloads.

The role combines RF hardware development with high-speed electronics, mixed-signal design, system integration and hands-on laboratory validation.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and develop RF and mixed-signal electronic hardware
• Support hardware architecture for advanced radar and satellite systems
• Develop RF front-end and supporting electronics
• Design low-noise RF and analog circuitry
• Work with high-speed ADCs, DACs and digitizer architectures
• Integrate RF components, processors, FPGAs and high-speed interfaces
• Support phased-array and antenna-related electronics
• Perform schematic capture and support PCB layout
• Conduct RF and electrical simulations
• Lead board bring-up, characterization and debugging
• Develop and execute hardware validation plans
• Perform laboratory testing using RF and high-speed measurement equipment
• Investigate signal integrity, noise and system performance issues
• Support environmental and system-level testing
• Collaborate with RF, antenna, FPGA, firmware, mechanical and systems engineers
• Support hardware from prototype through flight-ready implementation

What We're Looking For

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering or similar
• Understanding of RF front-end architectures
• Experience with high-speed ADC/DAC systems
• Strong laboratory and hardware debugging skills
• Experience using RF test equipment such as:
• Signal Generators
• Power Meters
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals including impedance matching, noise, gain and signal integrity
• Experience taking electronic hardware through design, bring-up and validation

Highly Relevant Experience

• Satellite or spacecraft electronics
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Radar systems
• Phased-array systems
• RF front-end modules
• Low-noise analog electronics
• FPGA-based systems
• EMI/EMC
• Aerospace or defense hardware
• Hardware designed for harsh or high-reliability environments

Why Join?

You'll work on RF hardware that forms a critical part of sophisticated space-based sensing systems.

This is an opportunity to remain hands-on with RF and electronics while working across design, integration, testing and real-world system deployment.

The environment suits engineers who enjoy technically difficult hardware problems, multidisciplinary engineering and seeing their designs become operational systems.