Senior Antenna Engineer: Phased Arrays & mmWave

Motorola Solutions; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off Packages

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave and more!

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Antenna Engineer to design, simulate, and optimize antennas for wideband and multi-band wireless products. You will lead phased array and beamforming development, collaborate with RF teams, and validate designs through measurements in controlled environments.

This role requires 8+ years of design experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering, and US citizenship with the ability to obtain security clearances.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• At least 8 years of antennas/RF design experience.
• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain security clearance for government contracts.
• Proficiency with EM simulation tools and RF measurement equipment.

Responsibilities

• Antenna Engineering Custom Antenna Development: Design, simulate, and optimize custom antenna elements for wideband and multi-band applications.
• Phased Array & Beamforming: Lead the design of active phased array systems, including feed networks, phase shifters, and the implementation of beamsteering architectures.
• Electromagnetic Simulation: Perform full-wave EM simulations using HFSS and CST to analyze gain, efficiency, return loss, and radiation patterns.
• RF Architecture Integration: Collaborate with RF Front-End (RFFE) teams to integrate antennas with filters, LNAs, and power amplifiers, ensuring impedance matching and minimal link budget loss.
• Prototyping & Validation: Conduct hands-on testing in Anechoic chambers and Near-field/Far-field ranges to validate hardware against simulated models.
• Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) Design: Address specific challenges of the mmWave frequency range, such as atmospheric absorption, high path loss, and tight manufacturing tolerances.
• Customer Technical Interface Regularly work directly with customers to develop product requirements Communicate technical status verbally, written, and in customer meetings Occasional travel to customer meetings may be required.
• Contribute to Business Development and Proposal efforts

Skills

EM simulation

Phased array theory

RF circuit design

Measurement hardware

High-frequency substrates

Communication skills

Multitasking

Antenna design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

ANSYS HFSS

CST Studio Suite

Cadence

Vector Network Analyzers

Spectrum Analyzers

Job description

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Antenna Engineer to design, simulate, and optimize antennas for wideband and multi-band wireless products. You will lead phased array and beamforming development, collaborate with RF teams, and validate designs through measurements in controlled environments.

This role requires 8+ years of design experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering, and US citizenship with the ability to obtain security clearances.