Advanced RF​/Antenna Engineer

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Here you are 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.

As an Advanced RF/Antenna Engineer, you will own highly complex, board-level RF circuit and antenna designs from initial architecture and simulation through to lab debugging, regulatory compliance, and global factory bring-up. You are responsible for designing transmitters, receivers, and antennas in the 800MHz to 8GHz range, while contributing directly to Zebra’s future technology roadmap. In this hands‑on role you will have the ability to innovate at the cutting edge of location technology and actively generate high-impact patents.

Come join us! This role requires a minimum of 3-days per week in our Holtsville, NY (Long Island) office, 2 days remote (US).

RF receiver, transmitter, and antenna design, analysis and product integration. Conducts RF system implementation throughout a product design cycle. Designs power supplies, and other supporting circuits. Handles part selection, prototyping, factory bring up and lab bench debug and root cause analysis. Works with internal cross‑functional teams and external JDM/CMs to successfully bring RFID products to market. Supports EMI/EMC trouble shooting and validation.

Architects, designs, and supports development, and testing of RF design solutions to several highly‑complex technical projects. Creates specifications and provides input for product requirements. Contributes to technology roadmap process. Prioritizes quality and seeks out improvements in all aspects of the RF projects.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years' experience or Master’s degree and 4+ years' experience. Experience with board level RF circuit design required. Must have RF impedance matching experience and understanding of Smith chart for RF design. Experience with antenna design and measurements required. Must be familiar with VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, RF power meters. Must have some design experience with Class A/AB power amplifiers (up to 5W).

Ability to work hands on (direct testing/troubleshooting/matching/soldering) required. Experience with RF simulation software (i.e. ADS/CST) required.

Preferred Requirements: Familiarity with power supply regulator design as it pertains to RF circuits/power amplifiers. Prior knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout viewer (for layout reviews). RF design experience in the 800MHz to 8GHz range. RF design experience for UHF RFID readers a big plus. Familiar with RF receiver design and measurements. RF system level design experience (RFID, UWB). Experience with ADS, CST, Cadence design tools.

Experience with WWAN/BLE/Wi‑Fi/LoRa/GPS RF design. Up to 10% domestic and/or international travel may be required.

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