Senior RF Engineer - Radar Systems Lead & Hands-on Design

Engtal; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Team events

Complimentary lunches

Snacks & beverages

Job summary

Engtal is seeking a Senior RF Engineer in Austin, TX to design, build, and test high‑performance active radar systems. You will define requirements, select parts, and ensure seamless integration with other disciplines across the product line.

You will shape the RF roadmap and contribute to signal processing pipelines to extract actionable radar data, collaborating with engineers to deliver mission‑critical capabilities for defense programs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience in the design, analysis, test, and troubleshooting of RF electronics.
• Experience with RF simulation tools such as Microwave Office and Ansys AEDT/HFSS.
• Experience designing PCB assemblies with Altium Designer.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for RF hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, schematic capture & PCB layout, manufacturing, testing, and fielding of RF products.
• Play a heavy hand in guiding the RF technical roadmap.
• Assist with the development of signal processing pipelines to process and act on radar data.

Skills

RF hardware design

RF testing

Signal processing basics

Tools

Microwave Office

Ansys AEDT/HFSS

Altium Designer

VNA

Spectrum Analyzer

Signal generator

Oscilloscope

Job description

Engtal is seeking a Senior RF Engineer in Austin, TX to design, build, and test high‑performance active radar systems. You will define requirements, select parts, and ensure seamless integration with other disciplines across the product line.

You will shape the RF roadmap and contribute to signal processing pipelines to extract actionable radar data, collaborating with engineers to deliver mission‑critical capabilities for defense programs.