RF Hardware Engineer

AnySignal is building the future of performant, resilient and adaptive connectivity for the space economy.

As a Senior RF Hardware Engineer on the hardware team, you will be responsible for owning the design, manufacture, test, and deployment of highly integrated RF devices used by a surging wave of space customers. You will work with a small team of software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to shepherd the product from initial design to vehicle integration, taking a full-stack approach to building robust space communications systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own RF products across PCB, box, and integration levels

• Own trades and analyses on new designs and question requirements

• Bring up, troubleshoot, and qualify new designs

• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams to enable large-scale manufacture of products

Required Skills

• Experience designing circuitry in RF bands across frontend and conversion chains

• End-to-end PCB design experience, including schematic capture, layout, fabrication and assembly

• Experience with electronic design and analysis tools such as Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS, and Altium Designer

• Excellent understanding of RF metrics such as S-parameters, P1dB, noise figure, channel power, and EVM

• Excellent understanding of RF cascades, link budgets, and noise analysis

• Experience with test instruments (oscilloscopes, power supplies, VNAs, spectrum analyzers)

• Experience with low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, ADCs/DACs, phased locked loops, oscillators, and filters

Desired Skills

• Experience building complex PCBs in Altium Designer

• Experience selecting components for radiation-susceptible environments

• Experience working with AD9361, Xilinx RFSoC, and similar digital-analog conversion interfaces

• Solid experience soldering and reworking boards (0402 SMP components, QFN packages)

• Experience performing communications link modeling and solid understanding of DSP fundamentals

• Knowledge of antenna design, simulation, and measurement in near-field/far-field regimes

• Experience working with high-PAPR signals and knowledge of DPD concepts

Please feel free to apply even if you do not have 100% of the required skills listed

In order to comply with the space technology export rules of the U.S. Government, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), it is necessary to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful U.S. permanent resident, a protected individual as specified by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or possess eligibility to secure the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. For additional information on ITAR, please seek further details.

AnySignal values and fosters an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel respected, supported and able to participate. We welcome applications from: women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, visible minorities, veterans, people who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ and others who may contribute to diversification in our environment.

Should you have a need for accommodation, AnySignal will endeavor to meet your accommodation needs.