Senior RF Hardware Engineer

TALENT Software Services; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services is seeking an experienced engineer to lead GNSS/GPS receiver design and RF front-end integration. You will design multi-constellation receivers, antennas, and associated RF components while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product development from concept through production.

You will optimize sensitivity, tracking, and positioning performance, while evaluating coexistence with cellular and other wireless technologies.

Qualifications

• Design multi-constellation GNSS receivers supporting GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou.
• Develop RF front-end architectures including LNAs, filters, matching networks, RF switches, and timing circuits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead product development from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-constellation GNSS receivers and integrate RF front-end architectures.
• Validate performance, optimize sensitivity and positioning accuracy, and ensure interference immunity.
• Lead product development through concept to production with cross-functional teams.
• Support RTK, navigation and timing solutions and coexistence with other wireless tech.

Skills

GNSS/GPS receiver design

RF front-end design

Wireless communications

Tools

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Job description

Role and responsibilities: Responsible for the design, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of GNSS/GPS receiver, antenna, and RF front-end solutions. Lead product development from concept through production while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Wireless communications expertise supports integrated positioning and connectivity solutions.

Role and responsibilities: Responsible for the design, integration, validation, and lifecycle support of GNSS/GPS receiver, antenna, and RF front-end solutions. Lead product development from concept through production while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Wireless communications expertise supports integrated positioning and connectivity solutions.

GNSS/GPS Receiver Design

• Design multi-constellation GNSS receivers supporting GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou.
• Develop RF front-end architectures including LNAs, filters, matching networks, RF switches, and timing circuits.
• Optimize sensitivity, tracking performance, positioning accuracy, and interference immunity.
• Support RTK, navigation, and timing solutions.

Antenna Design & Integration

• Design and integrate patch, helical, ceramic, chip, active, and passive GNSS antennas.
• Perform antenna tuning, impedance matching, ground-plane optimization, and radiation pattern evaluation.
• Support coexistence with cellular and other wireless technologies.

RF Design & Validation

• Design and analyze RF receiver circuits and subsystems.
• Perform RF simulations and measurements using VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and signal generators.
• Evaluate noise figure, gain, sensitivity, linearity, phase noise, and S-parameters.
• Document verification and test results.

Wireless Communications

• Support RF transceiver design including Client, LNAs, filters, mixers, synthesizers, and VCOs.
• Contribute to cellular, Wi Fi, Bluetooth, ISM-band, and proprietary radio solutions.
• Evaluate GNSS and communications coexistence.

Product Support & Leadership

• Support manufacturing transfer and resolve production or field issues.
• Lead root-cause investigations and sustaining engineering activities.
• Provide technical guidance to technicians, designers, and junior engineers.
• Evaluate emerging GNSS, RF, and wireless technologies.