Principal RF Test Engineer

Intellisense Systems, Inc. is a privately held, Southern California-based technology innovator with a proven track record of developing and deploying innovative products that successfully operate in the most extreme environments. We solve tough, mission-critical challenges for our customers in the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets, delivering the full data continuum from sensing and embedded processing to video integration, displays, and data/video recording and storage for airborne and ground vehicle platforms.

Our portfolio also includes environmental and maritime sensing and smart power management systems, engineered to the highest levels of safety certification and built with embedded cybersecurity and advanced encryption capabilities.

We are seeking an exceptional Principal RF Test Engineer to join our Advanced Systems Team. You will lead the development, execution, and improvement of RF test strategies for advanced aerospace and defense systems. This role requires deep technical expertise in RF and microwave testing, strong system-level troubleshooting skills, and the ability to lead test activities from development through qualification, production, and customer acceptance.

The Principal RF Test Engineer will work closely with RF, electrical, systems, software, manufacturing, teams to ensure products meet performance, reliability, and contractual requirements. The successful candidate will be a hands‑on technical leader capable of solving complex RF issues, developing robust automated test solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving test discipline across multiple programs.

Torrance, CA (Onsite)

• Lead RF and microwave test activities for development, integration, qualification, verification, and production programs.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, procedures, test methods, and acceptance criteria based on system and subsystem requirements.
• Design, develop, and validate RF test setups for modules, assemblies, and integrated systems.
• Perform testing and characterization of RF systems across parameters such as gain, noise figure, frequency response, output power, linearity, harmonics, spurious emissions, sensitivity, phase, and signal integrity.
• Operate and configure RF laboratory equipment including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, power meters, noise‑figure analyzers, and related instrumentation.
• Lead troubleshooting and root‑cause investigation of complex RF hardware, system, and test failures.
• Analyze test data, identify trends and anomalies, and provide clear technical conclusions and corrective‑action recommendations.
• Develop and improve automated RF test systems and test software to increase repeatability, efficiency, coverage, and production throughput.
• Establish test requirements, test architecture, instrumentation needs, fixtures, calibration requirements, and measurement uncertainty expectations.
• Support environmental and qualification testing, including temperature, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, and other applicable qualification activities.
• Support design reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and other customer or internal technical reviews.
• Participate in requirements verification and traceability to ensure test coverage satisfies contractual and system requirements.
• Work closely with design engineering to improve design‑for‑testability and identify potential performance or manufacturing issues early in the development lifecycle.
• Support manufacturing and production teams with test station development, troubleshooting, yield improvement, failure analysis, and transition from engineering to production.
• Develop and maintain test documentation, test reports, verification evidence, and…