Senior RF Design Engineer, EW
Anduril· Mission Systems : Electromagnetic Warfare Engineering : EW Hardware
Costa Mesa, CA$166k - $220kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior RF Design Engineer role at Anduril Industries focusing on RF design, simulation, testing, and optimization of active and passive RF and mixed-signal circuits for defense technologies, with security clearance requirements.
Responsibilities
- 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.
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
Skills
Required:RF cascade analysesRF front end circuit designDiscrete RF componentsSchematic captureBoard bring up & testingTest plan development & executionCircuit modeling & simulationsTest equipment proficiencySecurity clearance
Benefits
- Benefits package for full-time employees, including health coverage and other top-tier offerings (details referenced in description).
- Equity grants included in majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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