Senior RF Engineer

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We are hiring a Principal RF Hardware Engineer to serve as a technical leader for the design and architecture of our wireless products. In this role, you will own the RF architecture of a product family — spanning cellular (4G LTE, 5G ‑6), GPS/GNSS , Antenna and cable selection for FWA, Industrial and Vehicular applications. Highly desirable:
Wi‑Fi (6/6E/7), and Bluetooth — Experience with end to end product design and NPI. production.

You will participate in the 2–3 year RF roadmap for your wireless products/product family, lead the most challenging technical work yourself, mentor Staff and Senior engineers, and partner closely with antenna vendors, systems, firmware, regulatory, and product teams to deliver best‑in‑class wireless performance.

This is a hands‑on senior IC role for an engineer who enjoys deep technical work as much as architectural leadership — and who wants meaningful scope and influence without stepping fully out of design execution.

• Own the RF Integration of RF modules for a product family that integrates cellular (4G LTE / 5G ), Wi‑Fi (2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz), GNSS (multi‑constellation, multi‑band — L1/L5), and Bluetooth radios. Ensure Co‑existence between integrated radio technologies.

• Lead module, cable, and antenna selection for multiple radios and matching network design across all supported bands.

• Own Module integration performance maintaining 3
  
  GPP and regulatory compliance. Perform coexistence/desense studies for multi‑radio platforms (LTE–WLAN, –GNSS, Wi‑Fi–BT coexistence; harmonic and intermod analysis).

• Drive antenna integration strategy in partnership with major antenna Vendors and validate antennas.

• Specify and review schematics and RF PCB stack‑ups/layouts, including impedance‑controlled routing, grounding, shielding, and isolation strategies. Verify any RF Circuit for S‑Parameters via modeling and measurements. Investigate sources of noise and mitigate.

• Own EMC regulatory compliance of systems with radio modules. Work with external EMC test labs to achieve regulatory certifications like FCC, CE and industry specific certifications like IEEE
  1613 and IEC‑61850‑3.

• Serve as the RF Technical Authority for wireless products, own resolution of the toughest desense, coexistence, and certification issues.

• Mentor Staff, Senior Staff, and other engineers on RF related topics; help calibrate technical leveling and contribute to interviewing and hiring.

• Experience integrating high performance cellular data modules in large host platforms.

• Drive DFM/DFT for RF enabled products and subsystems.

• Lead prototype bring‑up and RF 3
  
  GPP Validation using Keysight UXM Cal box, Amari Network Emulator, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, cellular/Wi‑Fi testers (CMW
  500/CMX
  500, IQxel, Litepoint), and GNSS simulators (Spirent, Keysight).

• Define and execute RF compliance and performance test plans —…