Senior RF Engineer for Wearable Wireless Systems

Whoop; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Boston, MA is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to drive RF development for wearable products. You will own RF characterization, validation, and debugging from early prototypes through production, collaborating with Electrical, Firmware, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Product teams.

Responsibilities include defining test plans for conducted and radiated performance, antenna integration, and OTA tests; you will develop automated measurement scripts and support

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of RF or wireless engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in RF system characterization, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Background in conducted and radiated wireless testing, including transmitter performance, receiver sensitivity, antenna performance, coexistence, and desense.
• Hands-on proficiency with RF lab equipment, including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, VNAs, oscilloscopes, wireless communication testers, and calibration tools.
• Familiarity with antenna and OTA measurements, including return loss, efficiency, radiation performance, TRP, and TIS.
• Strong command of RF and electrical engineering principles, including impedance matching, transmission lines, circuit design, PCB layout, grounding, shielding, and antenna integration.
• Working knowledge of RF test automation, data analysis, or electromagnetic simulation using tools such as Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, CST, or HFSS.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience supporting product validation, manufacturing, and wireless regulatory certification.
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions.

Responsibilities

• Own RF system characterization, validation, and debugging from early prototypes through production.
• Define validation plans, test methods, and acceptance criteria for conducted, radiated, and system-level wireless performance.
• Characterize transmitter, receiver, antenna, coexistence, interference, desense, and OTA performance, including return loss, antenna efficiency, TRP/TIS, and on-body performance as applicable.
• Develop repeatable test setups, fixtures, scripts, and automated measurement methods to improve validation coverage, efficiency, and data quality.
• Analyze RF performance data, identify failure modes and root causes, and drive corrective actions with Electrical, Firmware, Mechanical, and Manufacturing teams.
• Guide RF-critical schematic and PCB design, including matching networks, grounding, shielding, routing, component selection, and antenna integration.
• Apply RF circuit, electromagnetic, and system analysis using tools such as CST, HFSS, MATLAB, Python, or similar tools.
• Establish production test methods, limits, and correlation studies while supporting manufacturing troubleshooting and wireless regulatory certification.
• Advance next-generation RF architectures, antenna technologies, validation methods, and manufacturing techniques while communicating technical risks and recommendations across engineering teams.
• Travel up to 15%, domestically and internationally.

Skills

RF system characterization

Validation and debugging

RF test automation

Python/MATLAB

Antenna integration

Coexistence and desense

Education

BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

VNA

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

RF test equipment

MATLAB/Python

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Boston, MA is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to drive RF development for wearable products. You will own RF characterization, validation, and debugging from early prototypes through production, collaborating with Electrical, Firmware, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Product teams.

Responsibilities include defining test plans for conducted and radiated performance, antenna integration, and OTA tests; you will develop automated measurement scripts and support