Senior RF Design Engineer

Position

Senior RF Design Engineer

Location:

Grand Rapids, MI 49512 (Hybrid)

Compensation: $180k - $190k base salary + 8% incentive bonus

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability & Life Insurance
• FSA
• HSA
• PTO
• Parental Leave
• 401(k)
• Tuition/Education Assistance
• EAP

Seeking a Senior RF Design Engineer to support development of a flagship platform. In this role, you will design and deliver mission‑critical RF system solutions supporting ACAS/TCAS, transponder, DME, UAT, and related RF functions across the Surveillance product portfolio. This is a hands‑on RF design role where you’ll own key portions of the radio chain - contributing from system‑level architecture down to component‑level design, layout, and test.

You’ll play a critical role in bridging junior and senior talent on the team, helping drive design decisions while actively building and validating RF hardware.

• Own design of key transmitter or receiver sections, from block diagram through detailed schematic and layout.
• Perform RF/analog circuit design across the full signal chain (front‑end, up/down conversion, synthesizers, etc.).
• Derive hardware requirements from system‑level specifications and translate them into functional designs.
• Develop gain budgets, noise analysis, and filtering strategies to meet performance targets.
• Perform lab testing, validation, and/or simulation modeling to verify performance.
• Support EMI/EMC and environmental qualification (DO‑160, MIL‑STD).
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, and software teams to meet performance and integration goals.
• Participate in design reviews and present technical findings to leadership and customers.

• 8+ years of hands‑on RF design experience
• Strong skills with Full RF Systems Design, including RF Front‑End Design (and not solely RFICs)
• Experience with RF components, including ADCs, DACs, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, filters, and attenuators
• Experience designing RF Electronics to DO‑160 or MIL‑STD requirements
• Experience with S‑parameters, impedance matching, and cascade analysis
• Solid grasp of gain budgets, noise figure, linearity, and system‑level RF performance
• Experience designing and implementing RF filtering solutions
• Bachelor’s or higher in Electrical Engineering with focus in RF, electromagnetics, or microwave theory

• Experience designing RF circuit card assemblies across UHF to E‑band frequencies (especially L‑band ~1GHz)
• Background working on RF subsystems such as synthesizers, converters, and front‑end electronics
• Experience with RF simulation/modeling tools (HFSS, AWR Microwave Office, ADS)
• Strong understanding of noise modeling concepts (Eb/No, BER, receiver sensitivity, noise temperature)
• Familiarity with temperature effects, impedance matching (standard and non‑standard), and RF isolation strategies

$180,000 - $190,000 per year, starting base salary. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability insurance
• 401(k) program with 6% match
• Parental Leave
• Tuition/Education assistance
• PTO
• HSA, FSA
• Employee Assistance Program