Senior RF/Microwave Design Engineer

Communications & Power Industries (CPI); Dale Summit (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

Career development

Retirement savings plan with company 


Job summary

CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies seeks an experienced RF/Microwave Design Engineer to develop RF hardware and lead engineering projects in State College, PA. You will stay hands-on, analyzing, simulating, building, testing, and guiding a small multidisciplinary team toward a successful result.

You will apply RF circuit and EM modeling, use scripting and AI-assisted workflows, and help drive high‑reliability satellite communications products used worldwide.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• At least five years of RF or microwave engineering experience.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and improving RF/microwave circuitry.
• Experience leading a technical development project or small team.
• Strong ability to coordinate contributors and drive development to measurable results.
• Strong knowledge of RF system analysis, impedance matching, and RF PCB layout.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop RF hardware including PAs, LNAs, upconverters, filters, and matching networks.
• Translate requirements into architectures, budgets, diagrams, and verification plans.
• Lead small multidisciplinary product-development teams.
• Coordinate work across engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers.
• Use Python/MATLAB to automate calculations and analyze test data.

Skills

RF design

Microwave engineering

RF testing

Project leadership

Python

MATLAB

EM simulation

Team coordination

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ansys HFSS

ADS

Python

MATLAB

VNA

Job description

CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies seeks an experienced RF/Microwave Design Engineer to develop RF hardware and lead engineering projects in State College, PA. You will stay hands-on, analyzing, simulating, building, testing, and guiding a small multidisciplinary team toward a successful result.

You will apply RF circuit and EM modeling, use scripting and AI-assisted workflows, and help drive high‑reliability satellite communications products used worldwide.