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Embedded Systems Engineer

FIRST RF
Boulder, CO Other
POSTED ON 3/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/10/2025

Job Details

Level:    Experienced
Job Location:    FIRST RF Corporation - Boulder, CO
Position Type:    Full Time
Education Level:    4 Year Degree
Salary Range:    $80,000.00 - $150,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage:    Negligible
Job Shift:    Day
Job Category:    Engineering

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a skilled Embedded System Engineer. In this role, you will design and develop active RF systems for our cutting-edge products. You will be expected to develop software, firmware, and hardware within small, multidisciplinary teams. This will require you to strive for a system-level understanding of all design tasks eventually elevating to contributions of system architecture and internal tooling. You will also be expected to learn and develop new skillsets with guidance from mentors and peers.

Benefits Summary

We offer all employees four weeks of PTO each year, flexible scheduling, hybrid work, tuition reimbursement, up to 6% 401(k) match, and healthcare, dental, and vision plans.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office and laboratory. This role routinely uses laboratory equipment such as vector network analyzers, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week. Typical office hours include Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, however these hours will vary based on workload and the manager’s discretion.  This job may require more than 40 hours of work per week as the need arises.

Travel

Minimal travel (<10%) is expected for this position.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, you will be regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This would require the ability to lift lab equipment, open cabinets, and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

 

About FIRST RF

FIRST RF is a fast-growing, multi-disciplined, privately owned small business that develops and delivers affordable, reliable, high-performance products. By merging expert design capabilities and state-of-the-art in-house facilities, we have delivered more than 300,000 antenna and RF system products to date. FIRST RF’s customers rely on us to address the most challenging technical, environmental, and integration challenges in the industry, with applications spanning electronic warfare, navigation, multiband communications, conformal and low-observable antennas, radar, and millimeter wave sensing and communications.

AAP/EEO Statement

We do not discriminate on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

Qualifications


Required Education and Experience

  • Must have US citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (master’s degree preferred) or equivalent
  • Experience architecting, developing and deploying embedded firmware within a RTOS
  • Experience designing and troubleshooting analog and digital circuits
  • Experience with schematic capture, and PCB layout and assembly
  • Proficiency in a technical programming language such as Python
  • Proficiency with common test equipment including multi-meters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers

Preferred Education and Experience

  • FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or functional equivalent
  • Altium, or LTSpice
  • Experience with RF test equipment including phase noise analyzer, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, and power meters

Salary : $80,000 - $150,000

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