RF Engineer, Senior

Remote Work:
No

Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward‑thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

The EMC Handheld RF Development team is responsible for the design of next generation ruggedized wireless handheld products for Enterprise markets including Retail, Transport & Logistics, Industrial, Healthcare and Public Safety. Products incorporate multiple RF technologies including 4G/5G WWAN, Wi‑Fi, BT/BLE, GPS, NFC and UHF RFID. Members of the RF hardware team design and integrate complex multi‑RAT systems into small, highly ruggedized form factors while meeting challenging Enterprise performance requirements for connectivity.

The Senior RF Design Engineer will develop, design, model, and test radio frequency transmitters and receiver circuit subsystems in the 700 MHz – 10 GHz range. The engineer will develop products from concept phase to production release. A key responsibility of this senior role is to proactively investigate, learn, and implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to innovate our engineering processes and drive significant gains in efficiency.

The candidate will work with other in‑house RF, Antenna, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineers as well as off‑shore Joint‑Development‑Partners (JDMs) in the design and manufacture of these Mobile Computing Handheld products.

Hybrid location:
Holtsville, NY. The position requires a minimum of three days per week in the office. Zebra reserves the right to modify your work location based on business need.

• Establish requirements for moderately complex RF design projects.
• Complete all phases of moderately complex RF design projects including system design/cascade and link budget analysis, circuit design, simulation, schematic, layout and RF validation.
• Proactively research, evaluate, and implement emerging AI and Machine Learning techniques to continuously improve RF design, testing, and system optimization processes.
• Perform RF analysis and simulation for design, optimization and debug.
• Drive and/or support customer and cross‑functional issue debug for system level issues.
• Drive EMI/EMC troubleshooting and validation.
• Work with internal cross‑functional teams and external JDMs/CMs to successfully bring Handheld products to market.
• Drive RF lab capability development and work with the Lab team on test strategy and new technology capability.
• Work with Antenna team members on system requirements, design, validation and debug.
• Collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Software, and System Test engineers on system design, test plan development and issue debug.
• Apply existing technology in new ways to improve performance and productivity.
• Consider latest technologies and new approaches to improve designs and implementation of the design.
• Review changes or upgrades to existing applications.
• Develop new technology to solve unique problems.
• May develop new tools and processes to aid in the analysis and solving of problems as well as efficiency improvement.
• Prioritize quality and seek out improvements in all aspects of RF projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years experience or Master’s degree and 2+ years experience.
• Experienced board level RF circuit designer, RF circuit tuning, troubleshooting and testing.
• Must be familiar with VNA’s, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, RF Power Meters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• RF design experience in the…