Senior RF Hardware Engineer

AnySignal; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AnySignal is seeking a Senior RF Hardware Engineer to own the design, manufacture, test, and deployment of highly integrated RF devices for space customers. You will collaborate with a small team of software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to shepherd products from design to vehicle integration, taking a full-stack approach to robust space communications systems.

You will develop RF products across PCB, box, and integration levels, perform trades and analyses on new designs, bring up and qualify

Qualifications

• 5+ years of RF hardware design experience in frontend and conversion chains.
• End-to-end PCB design including schematic, layout, fabrication, and assembly.
• Proficiency with Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS and Altium Designer.
• Strong RF metrics knowledge: S-parameters, P1dB, noise figure, EVM.
• Experience with RF test equipment (VNAs, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers).
• Experience selecting components for radiation environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own RF products across PCB, box, and integration levels
• Own trades and analyses on new designs and question requirements
• Bring up, troubleshoot, and qualify new designs
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams to enable large-scale manufacture of products

Skills

RF circuit design

End-to-end PCB design

RF measurements

S-parameters & EVM

Test instrumentation

Tools

Keysight ADS

Ansys HFSS

Altium Designer

VNAs & spectrum analyzers

Job description

AnySignal is building the future of performant, resilient and adaptive connectivity for the space economy.

As a Senior RF Hardware Engineer on the hardware team, you will be responsible for owning the design, manufacture, test, and deployment of highly integrated RF devices used by a surging wave of space customers. You will work with a small team of software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to shepherd the product from initial design to vehicle integration, taking a full-stack approach to building robust space communications systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own RF products across PCB, box, and integration levels
• Own trades and analyses on new designs and question requirements
• Bring up, troubleshoot, and qualify new designs
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams to enable large-scale manufacture of products

Required Skills

• 5+ years of robust experience designing circuitry in RF bands across frontend and conversion chains
• End-to-end PCB design experience, including schematic capture, layout, fabrication and assembly
• Experience with electronic design and analysis tools such as Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS, and Altium Designer
• Excellent understanding of RF metrics such as S-parameters, P1dB, noise figure, channel power, and EVM
• Excellent understanding of RF cascades, link budgets, and noise analysis
• Experience with test instruments (oscilloscopes, power supplies, VNAs, spectrum analyzers)
• Experience with low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, ADCs/DACs, phased locked loops, oscillators, and filters

Desired Skills

• Experience building complex PCBs in Altium Designer
• Experience selecting components for radiation-susceptible environments
• Experience working with AD9361, Xilinx RFSoC, and similar digital-analog conversion interfaces
• Solid experience soldering and reworking boards (0402 SMP components, QFN packages)
• Experience performing communications link modeling and solid understanding of DSP fundamentals
• Knowledge of antenna design, simulation, and measurement in near-field/far-field regimes
• Experience working with high-PAPR signals and knowledge of DPD concepts

In order to comply with the space technology export rules of the U.S. Government, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), it is necessary to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful U.S. permanent resident, a protected individual as specified by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or possess eligibility to secure the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. For additional information on ITAR, please seek further details.

AnySignal values and fosters an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel respected, supported and able to participate. We welcome applications from: women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, visible minorities, veterans, people who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ and others who may contribute to diversification in our environment.

Should you have a need for accommodation, AnySignal will endeavor to meet your accommodation needs. At any stage of the recruitment and selection process you may make your needs for accommodation known through contacting our team, in confidence, by email to: [e-mail]. We aim to provide equal access to all applicants with disabilities, please do not hesitate to contact us about accommodations.