RF Systems Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) match

Daily meals

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in Boston area is hiring a Founding RF Systems Engineer to shape the architecture for radar and satellite comms products. You will translate customer needs into RF system architecture and block-level specs, while trading off phased arrays, beamformers, T/R modules and transceiver chains.

You’ll validate systems through measurements and OTA tests, collaborating with RFIC/MMIC, electromagnetics, analog and packaging teams.

Qualifications

• Phased Arrays experience is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer requirements into RF system architecture, budgets and block-level specifications.
• Make design trades across phased arrays, beamformers, T/R modules and transceiver chains.
• Define link budgets, noise figure, linearity, EIRP and dynamic-range requirements.
• Work with RFIC/MMIC, electromagnetics, analog and packaging teams to deliver hardware.
• Validate assembled systems through measurement, calibration and OTA characterization.
• Interface with customer systems teams from requirements through acceptance.

Skills

RF system architecture

Phased arrays

Beamformers

T/R modules

Transceiver chains

Link budgets

Noise figure

Dynamic range

RFIC/MMIC

Electromagnetics

Packaging

Job description

Hiring: Founding RF Systems Engineer | Phased Arrays & Satellite Communications

Boston area, just north of Cambridge | On-site

$20M+ pre-seed funding. MIT roots. Advanced 3D chips for defense radar and satellite communications.

I'm partnering with a semiconductor startup combining different chip materials into vertically integrated 3D systems, bringing RF, silicon, power and packaging together in a single device.

Their founder is an MIT Fellow who led world-first demonstrations of these 3D chips.

Now, they're hiring their first RF Systems Engineer to shape the architecture behind their radar and satellite communications products.

You'll own:

• Translating customer requirements into RF system architecture, budgets and block-level specifications
• Making design trades across phased arrays, beamformers, T/R modules and transceiver chains
• Defining link budgets, noise figure, linearity, EIRP and dynamic-range requirements
• Working across RFIC/MMIC, electromagnetics, analog and packaging teams to deliver integrated hardware
• Validating assembled systems through measurement, calibration and over-the-air characterization
• Acting as the technical interface to customer systems teams, from requirements through acceptance

I'd love to speak with engineers who have personally taken RF or millimeter-wave hardware through development and into shipped radar, satellite or wireless products.

Phased Arrays experience is mandatory

upto $180K base + founding-team equity

Full medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) with 4% company match, and daily meals.