Radio Frequency System Engineer

Benefits offered:
Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid vacation and holidays, 401K

Employment type:

Full-time

Kintronic Labs is a third generation family owned small business that has been operating continuously for the past 70+ years. We are a global leader in custom low frequency antenna systems for VLF, LF, Medium Wave (AM), and some HF communications. We are passionate about designing and manufacturing terrestrial delivery broadcast or communication antenna systems utilizing in house developed computer software tools to help customers reach vast populations via new digital content delivery technologies.

The work is exciting (High Voltage, More Power), is important for the growth of developing countries, and is interesting as every project is unique and different. Our core markets currently are broadcast and LF/VLF military components and systems, but we are expanding quickly into industrial markets as well. Our customer base covers all 50 states and over 80 countries on six continents.

Kintronic Labs is located in the beautiful hills of east Tennessee. Our offices and factory are located in the Tri-Cities area consisting of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City. If you love the outdoors this area has it all. Beautiful mountains, rivers, and lakes make it a hidden gem for activities like hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing, fishing, and beyond. The Tri-Cities is also a relatively low cost of living area, making it a fantastic place to put down roots and build community.

We seek a driven, knowledgeable, and passionate engineer to enable Kintronic Labs to thrive in its existing markets in the short term, and to expand into other areas of RF design and manufacturing in emerging markets in the long term. This is a phenomenal opportunity for someone who loves learning and enjoys working with others as the employee will have the opportunity to work daily with, and learn from leading experts in low and mid-frequency RF.

• Correspond with customers regarding RF system projects, design and price RF parts and systems, and write project proposals.
• Remotely coordinate and manage project details which aid customers in the installation of RF equipment provided by Kintronics.
• Work with our draftsmen and mechanical designers to generate 2D drawings and 3D CAD models for parts and systems.
• Work with the President of the company and senior engineers to develop products for broadcast, industrial RF, and defense applications.
• Participate in RF hardware prototyping and proof testing.
• Test and document manufactured systems prior to shipment.
• Support inside sales with answers to technical questions.
• Participate in some domestic or international exhibitions.
• Travel both domestically and internationally on some occasions.

• Driven individual who takes initiative to get things done.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from ABET accredited institution or Physics degree with focus on electromagnetics.

• Strong lab skills and experience operating RF Instruments (Vector Network Analyzer, Frequency Generator, Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, etc.).
• Experience with circuit design and multiphysics modeling tools (Ex.LTSpice, Ansys HFSS, COMSOL, etc.).
• Enjoys hands‑on work using common tools when needed for developing, testing and characterizing RF hardware.
• Experience in writing code in Python or other languages.

The salary offered for this role will be based on work experience, education and/or training, preferred skills, and/or other business considerations.

Entry level

Full-time

Engineering and Information Technology

Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing