Senior Radio Frequency Engineer Specialist

Eaton’s Mobility Group is currently seeking a Senior Radio Frequency Engineer Specialist to join our team. This position is based at our Port Coquitlam, BC facility and offers benefits from day one.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $93,000 – $117,000 a year. (Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.)

• Design and develop portions of complex wireless products and systems.
• Deliver market‑competitive, manufacturable product designs on time and on budget while balancing innovation and risk.
• Develop a deep technical understanding of existing wireless products and propose product improvements.
• Serve as a key member of cross‑functional project teams and actively participate in design reviews.
• Learn and support Eaton’s current radio product portfolio.
• Support existing product lines and perform other related tasks and projects as required.

Required (Basic) Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in RF (Radio‑frequency) engineering or electronics engineering with RF focus or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without company sponsorship now and in the future.
• No relocation provided.
• Travel: ~10% including internationally.

Technical Knowledge

RF, Analog, and Digital Circuitry:

• Knowledge of RF circuitry including amplifiers, mixers, filters, PLL synthesizers, oscillators, modulators and demodulators, RF switches, and reference oscillators (VCTCXOs).
• Understanding of baseband circuitry including ADC and DAC architectures and characteristics.
• Experience with digital circuitry including microcontrollers, GPIOs, and synchronous/asynchronous serial interfaces.
• Knowledge of power circuitry including LDOs, buck converters, and boost converters with attention to RF noise performance.

Transceiver Architectures and Control Systems:

• Experience with feedback control systems including AFC, AGC, PLL, and ALC loops.
• Understanding of half‑duplex systems using 2‑level and 4‑level FSK modulation.
• Knowledge of packet structure and timing in half‑duplex systems.
• Understanding of narrow band versus wideband transceiver requirements.
• Knowledge of FHSS versus DSSS radio systems.

RF Measurements, Instrumentation, and Calibration:

• Expertise using RF instruments including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power meters, VNAs, VSAs, and noise sources.
• Measurement of S‑parameters and matching circuit design.
• Understanding of filter roles in receiver and transmitter chains, including heterodyne architectures.
• Gain and noise figure calculations across receiver and transmitter chains.
• Radio calibration for frequency accuracy, RSSI, and transmit power.
• Knowledge of antenna parameters and conducted and radiated RF measurements.

Regulatory and Compliance:

• Familiarity with regulatory standards and approval processes including FCC and CE.
• Understanding of pre‑compliance and certification testing.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Phase noise measurement and analysis.
• Receiver sensitivity measurement.
• Digital signal processing including digital filters, frequency demodulation, and bit/word synchronization.
• Embedded C software development for microcontrollers.
• Experience with RF and electronic circuit simulation tools.
• Bluetooth and/or Wi‑Fi physical layer experience.
• Understanding of RF performance variation with temperature.
• PLL control loop design and stability analysis.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.