Senior RF Design Engineer: Full RF Chain & Bring-up

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced RF design engineer to lead complete RF receiver and transmitter architectures. You will model, simulate, and test RF/mixed-signal circuits, select high-speed converters, and own PCBA design through production. A U.S.

Secret clearance or eligibility is required. You will work within a fast-paced EW team delivering hardware-enabled software-defined systems, requiring collaboration with RF, systems, and manufacturing stakeholders to scale from hundreds

Qualifications

• B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years experience in RF design and related areas.
• Experience designing RF receiver and/or transmitter signal chains.
• Experience with discrete RF components (LNAs, filters, mixers, PLLs/synthesizers, oscillators, amplifiers).
• Experience with high-speed data converters (ADC/DAC) including integration and filter design.
• Experience with synthesizer/LO design including phase noise analysis and spur management.
• Experience with schematic capture, board bring up and optimization.
• Experience with RF test equipment (VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes).
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design complete RF radio architectures (receivers, transmitters, transceivers) from requirements through production.
• Architect RF up/down-conversion signal chains optimizing noise and dynamic range.
• Model, simulate, test, and optimize active/passive RF and mixed-signal circuits.
• Select and integrate high-speed data converters and baseband interfaces.
• Design clock trees, reference oscillators, and LO/synthesizer architectures with emphasis on noise and settling time.
• Perform system-level spur analyses and mitigation strategies.
• Own radio PCBA design and test through lifecycle from schematic to manufacturing.
• Assist feasibility studies, requirements definition, and system integration.

Skills

7+ years experience

RF receiver/transmitter design

RF signal chains

LO/PLL design and phase noise

Schematic capture/board bring up

Circuit modeling/simulation

RF test equipment

Security clearance eligible

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Ansys Electronics Desktop

Cadence AWR Microwave Office

HFSS/CST/Feko (3D EM)

Python for analysis/test automation

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced RF design engineer to lead complete RF receiver and transmitter architectures. You will model, simulate, and test RF/mixed-signal circuits, select high-speed converters, and own PCBA design through production. A U.S.

Secret clearance or eligibility is required. You will work within a fast-paced EW team delivering hardware-enabled software-defined systems, requiring collaboration with RF, systems, and manufacturing stakeholders to scale from hundreds