Senior RF Desense & Coexistence Engineer

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior RF Desense Engineer to identify, analyze, and resolve RF interference issues across next‑gen vehicle platforms. This role emphasizes hands‑on RF testing, desense analysis, debugging, and validation of wireless systems including LTE/5G, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, GNSS, UWB.

The engineer will work with hardware, software, and systems teams to ensure RF performance across vehicle platforms, collaborate on design mitigation, and support compliance testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of RF engineering, RF validation, or wireless systems development.
• Hands-on experience performing RF testing, troubleshooting, or desense analysis.
• Familiarity with OTA testing and RF performance validation.
• Experience with automotive wireless systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate RF desense performance across vehicle systems and subsystems.
• Perform conducted and OTA RF testing and validation.
• Identify RF performance risks early in design and integration.
• Develop, execute, and document test plans and validation activities.

Skills

RF fundamentals

RF testing

Desense analysis

Troubleshooting RF

OTA testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CST Studio Suite

HFSS

FEKO

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Signal generators

Near-field probes

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior RF Desense Engineer to identify, analyze, and resolve RF interference issues across next‑gen vehicle platforms. This role emphasizes hands‑on RF testing, desense analysis, debugging, and validation of wireless systems including LTE/5G, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, GNSS, UWB.

The engineer will work with hardware, software, and systems teams to ensure RF performance across vehicle platforms, collaborate on design mitigation, and support compliance testing.