Senior Embedded RF Systems Engineer (Hybrid, PTO)

First Rf; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO four weeks/year

Hybrid work

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) match

Healthcare, dental, vision

Job summary

First Rf in Boulder is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to design and develop active RF systems for our cutting-edge products. You will lead projects with small, multidisciplinary teams and present technical material to customers, ensuring clear communication and successful delivery.

You will interface directly with customers to verify specifications and guide work to balance performance, cost, and schedule while advancing system-level architecture and RF subsystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience architecting embedded products from inception to manufacturing.
• Embedded firmware development with RTOS or Linux; RF/system knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and verification of embedded electronics for RF prototypes and products.
• Architect and optimize embedded firmware for hardware integration.
• Perform advanced characterization and validation with RF/test equipment.
• Oversee schematic development, PCB reviews, and board bring-up.
• Collaborate with RF, mechanical, and production teams on interfaces.
• Drive root-cause analysis and iterative design improvements.
• Produce design rationales, verification reports, and customer-facing docs.
• Own system-level architecture; analyze end-to-end performance.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers; present technical material to customers.

Skills

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Python

Signal processing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

LTSpice

Xilinx

RFSoc

DO-178C

Job description

First Rf in Boulder is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to design and develop active RF systems for our cutting-edge products. You will lead projects with small, multidisciplinary teams and present technical material to customers, ensuring clear communication and successful delivery.

You will interface directly with customers to verify specifications and guide work to balance performance, cost, and schedule while advancing system-level architecture and RF subsystems.