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Senior RF Engineer

FIRST RF
Boulder, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 2/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/12/2025

Job Details

Level

Experienced

Job Location

FIRST RF Corporation - Boulder, CO

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Salary Range

125,000.00 - $200,000.00 Salary / year

Travel Percentage

Up to 25%

Job Shift

Job Category

Engineering

Description

Summary of the Position

We are seeking a skilled Senior Active RF Engineer. In this role, you will design and develop active RF systems for our cutting-edge products. Within your first year here, you will be expected to lead projects with small, multidisciplinary teams. This will require you to prepare and present technical material for your customers. You will interface directly with your customer to negotiate and verify specification compliance and guide the work of your team to ensure successful project completion. You will work with your customer and your team to strike a collectively agreeable balance among system-level considerations including performance, cost, schedule, etc. You will also be expected to lead and mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and expertise to support their professional development.

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 (

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 with RF devices such as amplifiers, attenuators, phase shifters, and mixers
  • Experience with RF signal budget analysis for system metrics such as gain, noise figure, and power
  • Strong analytical and hardware troubleshooting skills
  • Proficiency in a technical programming language such as Python
  • Proficiency with RF test equipment including network analyzers and spectrum analyzers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to customers, peers, and management
  • Experience with printed circuit board layout and assembly (especially Altium Designer)
  • Up to date with advancements in RF technology and industry trends, and incorporate relevant innovations into our design processes

Preferred Education and Experience

  • RF front-end design
  • Antenna design and testing
  • Electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS, FEKO, CST, or Microwave Office
  • Salary : $125,000 - $200,000

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