Senior RF Hardware Engineer View & Apply

northwoodspace; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking an RF Hardware Engineer to design cutting-edge RF electronics for next-generation products. This role involves collaborating with a dynamic team of engineers to enhance product reliability and performance through RF design and simulation. You will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects that have a real impact on space communications technologies. If you are passionate about RF engineering and eager to contribute to groundbreaking solutions, this position offers a fantastic chance to make your mark in the industry while enjoying a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Company stock options

Unlimited vacation

Health care benefits

Retirement savings plan

Professional development opportunities

Discretionary performance bonuses

Qualifications

• 4+ years of RF design experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field needed.

Responsibilities

• Design RF electronics hardware and iterate on existing designs.
• Collaborate with engineers to troubleshoot integrated RF system performance.

Skills

RF design experience

Electromagnetic simulation

Circuit design

Python for data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

I2C

SPI

Job description

About Northwood Space:

Northwood is on a mission to build a data highway between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood.

Job Level:

The level of this position will be determined based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. We are open to considering candidates of varying experience levels, from mid-career to experienced.

Role:

As an RF Hardware Engineer you will be responsible for RF electronics design and performance. You will influence the overall ground network and portal design based on RF performance trades, and you will collaborate with many disciplines including electrical, RF, mechanical, manufacturing, and software engineers to create the best product from concept to production.

Responsibilities:

• Design RF electronics hardware for next generation products, and iterate on existing hardware to improve reliability, performance, and manufacturability.
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (amplifiers, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance.
• Build RF circuits (LNA’s, filters, power amplifiers) as well as support circuitry (power, digital control), and characterize their performance.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to characterize and troubleshoot integrated RF system performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of RF design experience, across circuits, filters, or antennas.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• RF line-up design, considering non-linearity, noise, output power, and blocker/jammer tolerance.
• Power amplifier, LNA, and filter design.
• Experience with design and bring-up of point of load converters and common digital interfaces such as I2C/SPI.
• Theory and testing related to EVM, Noise Figure, power handling metrics (IIP2, IMD), impedance matching, amplifier stability, and cascaded network analysis.
• Use of Python (or other language) for data analysis and test automation.

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation is determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a base-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, and technical capabilities. In addition to base salary, Northwood Space offers long term incentives such as company stock, stock options, and cash awards, as well as discretionary bonus for performance. Northwood Space benefits include equity, health care, unlimited vacation, retirement savings and professional development.

Additional Information:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.