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Senior RF Engineer

Senior RF Engineer

CompanyPlanet
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$162600 – $203200
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • BSEE is required, MS/PhD preferred
  • 6+ years of engineering excellence designing and maturing RF & MW systems, transceivers, antennas and/or SDRs to market
  • Sound fundamentals in RF/MW, electromagnetics and signal processing
  • Proven track record of owning, designing and criticizing RF/MW circuit design, RF/MW layout, component selection and evaluation
  • Extensive lab experience with RF/MW and mixed-signal board bring up, characterization and test using various RF, MW, Analog and Digital test equipment
  • Excellent documentation, presentation and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • RF/MW hardware transceiver and circuit design up to 30GHz, simulation (Spice, ADS), instrumentation, test and characterization
  • RF/MW system design, link budgets, and interference analysis
  • EMI testing and mitigation
  • Antenna design, simulation and testing (ADS, HFSS)
  • Digital communications theory and associated signal processing algorithms for both narrowband and wideband data transmission systems
  • Software Defined Radio (SDR) platforms and respective signal processing libraries (ex.: GNURadio)
  • Validation and Verification of radios and antennas pre-shipment and validation of radio performance on orbit after satellite launch

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Altium or similar EDA tools, high-density mixed-signal PCB design, high speed clock trees
  • Knowledge of digital communications theory and associated signal processing algorithms for both narrowband and wideband data transmission systems
  • Experience in Linux, Python, and data analysis tools
  • Comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced environment
  • Proven ability to provide solutions to address and unblock dynamic situations
  • Understanding of cross-team dependencies including electrical, software, mechanical, thermal, structural, manufacturing and Space environmental