Senior RF Electrical Engineer

Post Date

May 13, 2026

Location

Phoenix,
Arizona

ZIP/Postal Code

85027
US
Jul 16, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Electrical Engineering

Req #

TPA-81266d11-2e5e-4fa6-98f7-4a303dbf57b8

Pay Rate

$130k - $155k (estimate)

Job Description

RF Engineer (Senior Level)
This role involves senior-level RF design for a flagship product (T-Cube Cast platform). The engineer will own sections of transmitter or receiver schematics, develop parts of the radio chain, and be responsible for block diagram generation, component selection, and design detailing (including layout). They will also perform testing in the lab or develop simulation models, focusing on owning an area of the radio design.

Schedule: 980
Willingness to work onsite 5 days a week in Phoenix, AZ (Grand Rapids, MI as a secondary option, St. Pete as third preferance).

Top 1-2 Priorities this role will deliver in first 90 days
1. Program Execution & Design Ownership: Immediately take ownership of a significant section of the radio's transmitter or receiver schematic, driving its development from block diagram to design detailing.
2. Technology Leadership: Provide experienced RF design capabilities to bridge the gap between junior and senior engineers, contributing to the overall technical direction of the RF team.
Team Structure: The team currently consists of one highly senior RF engineer (mentor) and one junior engineer.

Essential Functions:

· Ability to work independently, as well as contribute to the work of multi-disciplinary engineering teams to ensure the successful development of RF systems and assemblies.
· Derive RF hardware requirements from system-level specifications.
· Detail functional blocks to support surveillance system architectures.
· Perform RF/analog circuit design and hardware engineering from the component level up to entire systems.
· Support detailed design, analysis, development, and testing of hardware.
· Design for and support DO-160 and/or MIL-STD qualification of RF electronics (environmental, EMI/EMC).
· Conduct and participate in internal and external system design reviews.
· Present concepts, designs, actionable information, and results to program management and customers.
· Lead or work in conjunction with mechanical, systems, and software engineering to meet challenging performance requirements.
· Support internal peer design reviews, design verification testing of engineering units, and oversight of design through production.
· Develop methods for modifying systems to include new RF and wireless capabilities.

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Required Skills & Experience

Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or related field
10-12 years of direct RF design experience.
Academic Background: Electrical Engineering degree with a strong focus on RF, electromagnetism, or microwave theory.
Hands-on RF Design: Proven experience in RF design and development.
US Person Status: Must be a US person due to export-controlled technology.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience designing RF CCAs operating at frequencies ranging from UHF through E-band, but with a focus on L-band (1GHz).
Design activities will include frequency synthesizers, up/down converters, front-end electronics, and other RF electronics.
Experience with simulation and/or 3D modeling tools such as HFSS, AWR Microwave Office, and/or ADS.
Understanding of critical performance characteristics of passive and active RF components such as ADCs, DACs, Amplifiers, Oscillators, Attenuators, Mixers, and Filters. An understanding of how these characteristics relate to a system's performance is a plus.
Working understanding and knowledge of S-parameters (matching networks, cascade analysis, …), Gain budget analysis (Gain, NF, Linearity, Noise power, … ), and Filtering (types, bandwidth, implementations, … ).
A strong understanding of noise figure/noise temperature (Eb/No, BER vs. noise, receiver sensitivity, and expected value and variance), temperature effects, interconnection (standard and non-standard impedances), and isolation requirements.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.