Senior RF Hardware Design Engineer

Description Kforce is partnered directly with the hiring manager of this growing engineering technology company in Orem, UT on an exclusive search for a Senior RF Hardware Design Engineer. This position is Hybrid Remote.

Summary:

This is a high-impact role for an engineer passionate about solving complex RF/microwave challenges and driving development of advanced RF based hardware systems in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.

This role offers competitive compensation including base salary, annual bonus and equity.

Key Responsibilities:

* Will take ownership of design and development of hardware systems across RF/microwave, low-noise analog, power systems, FPGA hardware, and embedded GPU platforms
* Evaluate tradeoffs between RF hardware and signal processing (detection, tracking, calibration, interference mitigation) to optimize system performance
* Translate system-level requirements into hardware and software specifications
* Assess feasibility across technical, cost, and schedule constraints
* Partner cross-functionally with systems, electrical, mechanical, and software teams from concept through production
* Troubleshoot complex hardware issues and drive design improvements
* Collaborate with product teams to ensure performance aligns with real-world application needs Requirements
* BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering or similar field or equivalent work experience
* At least 5-8+ years or more of RF Hardware Design experience RF/Microwave Design in some of the following areas would be preferred:
* Up conversion/down conversion circuits
* Mixers and signal chain design
* Amplifiers (LNAs, PAs), Transceivers, filtering, phased arrays, calibration
* Waveform generation (DDS, PLLs), oscillators (OCXO or similar)
* Experience with PLLs (integer vs fractional-N, loop bandwidth)
* Experience with signal-chain including transceiver signal chain design would be ideal
* Experience with PLLs, waveform generation, up/down conversion
* Antenna design is a plus but not required

Hardware & Circuit Design:
* Schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred)
* Hands-on RF circuit testing, tuning, and component evaluation

Simulation & Analysis:
* LTSpice (required)
* HFSS, ADS or similar
* Python, MATLAB, or equivalent tools for data analysis

Job Type Direct Hire Compensation
140000 - $170000