Senior RF Test Engineer: Production Yield Leader

Technology Service Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

401k Plan

Flexible work schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Co-Sponsored Health Plan

Paid leave

Job summary

Technology Service Corporation (TSC) in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior RF Manufacturing Test Engineer to drive production readiness for advanced RF systems. You will own test strategy and troubleshoot complex RF issues affecting yield and reliability on the production floor.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep RF expertise, and collaboration across Design Engineering, Quality, and Program Management to ensure mission-ready systems with robust calibration and repeatable tests.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on RF/microwave production experience.
• Troubleshooting complex RF systems in production environments, not just lab development.
• Strong understanding of RF system performance, including gain, noise, linearity, phase noise, and spurious mechanisms.
• Experience debugging RF issues tied to mechanical layout, grounding, shielding, and assembly variation.
• Experience developing automated RF test systems using Python, LabVIEW, TestStand, or similar frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for production RF performance, test strategy, and yield optimization.
• Own resolution of the most complex production issues including intermittent failures and calibration drift.
• Lead root cause investigations across RF signal chains (RF front-end to embedded interfaces).
• Diagnose noise, spurious signals, coupling, shielding, grounding, and system-level interactions.
• Drive transition of RF hardware from development into production with robust test coverage.

Skills

RF/microwave production experience

Production issue debugging

SPC and yield analysis

RF test equipment proficiency

Automated RF test systems with Python/

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Vector network analyzers

Signal generators

Power meters/sensors

Job description

Technology Service Corporation (TSC) in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior RF Manufacturing Test Engineer to drive production readiness for advanced RF systems. You will own test strategy and troubleshoot complex RF issues affecting yield and reliability on the production floor.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep RF expertise, and collaboration across Design Engineering, Quality, and Program Management to ensure mission-ready systems with robust calibration and repeatable tests.