Senior RF Design Engineer, EW
Summary
Senior RF design engineer on Anduril's Electronic Warfare team, owning RF radio architectures (receivers, transmitters, transceivers) from requirements through PCBA design, bring-up, test, and production. Core work involves signal-chain design, ADC/DAC integration, PLL/synthesizer and clock design, and spur analysis using tools like Ansys Electronics Desktop and AWR Microwave Office.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
What you’ll do
- Modeling, simulation, analysis, design, test, and optimization of active and passive RF and/or mixed signal circuits.
- Assist with RF system and/or subsystem requirement development and feasibility studies.
- Select and characterize components, generate schematics, and work closely with PCB layout to ensure circuit designs meet requirements while striving for first pass design success.
- Board bring up, test, and circuit optimizations.
- Develop circuit verification test plans and assist with testing.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 6+ years experience
- Experience with RF cascade analyses, component selection, and component evaluations.
- Experience with RF front end circuit designs like receivers, transmitters, gain control, and power control.
- Experience and expertise with off the shelf discrete RF components like low noise amplifiers, filters, mixers, phase locked loops (PLLs) / synthesizers, oscillators, general purpose amplifiers, variable attenuators, switches, power detectors, and limiters.
- Experience with schematic capture and guiding PCB layout.
- Experience with board bring up, test, and optimization.
- Experience with test plan development and test execution.
- Experience developing circuit models and simulations using tools like Ansys Electronics Desktop (Nexxim, SiWave) and Cadence AWR Microwave Office.
- Significant experience and expertise with test equipment like vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies.
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation using tools like Ansys HFSS, CST, and Feko.
- Familiar with nonlinear circuit simulation (harmonic balance and envelope simulations) using tools like AWR Microwave Office.
- Familiar with matching circuit and RF filter design.
- Familiar with software defined radio development including data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters), clock trees, data converter interfaces, and sampling concepts.
- Experience with PCB design / layout.
- Experience with RF requirement development and feasibility analyses.
- Familiar with programming languages like Python for analysis and test automation.
- Familiar with embedded Linux.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
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- U.S. WORK AUTHORIZATION
- Will you require sponsorship from Anduril for employment now or in the future (e.g, H1B visa)?
- HISTORY WITH ANDURIL
- Have you ever been employed by Anduril or any company that Anduril has acquired?
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY - This position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
- If you have held a U.S. security clearance in the past, what clearance level have you held?
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