Senior RF & Microwave Design Engineer | Lead & Innovate

Communications & Power Industries (CPI); State College (Centre County); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Retirement plan with company match

Equal opportunity employer

Zusammenfassung

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) in State College, PA, seeks an experienced RF/Microwave Design Engineer to develop RF hardware and lead small, multidisciplinary teams. The role emphasizes hands-on design, testing, and verification, with leadership across requirements, architectures, and risk management.

AI-assisted workflows and rapid iteration are encouraged. The position requires 5+ years in RF engineering, strong knowledge of RF systems, and hands-on use of VNA, spectrum analyzers,

Qualifikationen

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• At least five years of RF or microwave engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, testing, and improving RF or microwave circuitry.
• Experience leading a technical development project or small multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to organize technical work and drive toward measurable results.
• Knowledge of RF system cascade and performance-budget analysis, linear/nonlinear RF behavior, noise figure and gain analysis, transmission lines, impedance matching, and RF structures.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop RF hardware such as solid-state power amplifiers, LNAs, up/downconverters, filters, and matching networks.
• Translate requirements into architectures, budgets, block diagrams, interfaces, and verification plans.
• Evaluate RF components and circuits; perform linear, nonlinear, noise, and thermal analyses.
• Use RF simulation tools to optimize performance and validate results with measurements.
• Lead small multidisciplinary teams and coordinate work, priorities, milestones, and verification strategies.
• Promote reusable calculations and automated workflows; drive timely technical decisions.

Kenntnisse

RF design

RF testing

Project leadership

Python

MATLAB

Scripting

AI tooling

RF PCB layout

VNA experience

Troubleshooting

Ausbildung

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

Tools

Vector network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Power meters

Noise-figure measurement systems

Jobbeschreibung

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) in State College, PA, seeks an experienced RF/Microwave Design Engineer to develop RF hardware and lead small, multidisciplinary teams. The role emphasizes hands-on design, testing, and verification, with leadership across requirements, architectures, and risk management.

AI-assisted workflows and rapid iteration are encouraged. The position requires 5+ years in RF engineering, strong knowledge of RF systems, and hands-on use of VNA, spectrum analyzers,