Senior RF Design Engineer at arraylabs.io

Compensation

$150,000 – $170,000/yr

Location: Redwood City, California
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Posted: Feb 13, 2026

Description

Array Labs is seeking a Senior RF Design Engineer to design and validate RF electronics for radar sensors. This role involves developing advanced RF electronic subsystems, collaborating with various engineering teams, owning RF subsystem definitions, selecting components, leading prototyping efforts, and providing technical leadership. The successful candidate will contribute to creating high-resolution 3D maps of the Earth using radar satellites.

Required Skills

Electronics Design
Bring-Up
Testing
Electronic Subsystems
RF Electronics

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Required Previous Experiences: Experience in electronics design, bring-up, and test.
Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, applied physics, or a related field.
Strong background in electromagnetic theory and RF fundamentals such as S-parameters, transmission lines, stability analysis, and impedance matching.
Hands-on experience designing high-performance RF hardware including LNAs, PAs/driver chains, mixers, switches, filters, couplers, and protection circuitry.
Experience with frequency synthesis and timing-critical RF subsystems including PLLs, VCOs, references, and low-jitter clock distribution.
Experience with RF modeling, simulation, and analysis tools such as ADS, Microwave Office, and/or HFSS.
Experience with schematic capture and design using CAD tools such as Altium Designer (preferred); experience with Allegro and/or OrCAD is a plus.
Hands-on experience with RF test and characterization equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and phase noise measurement.
Experience with EMC requirements and EMI mitigation techniques in mixed-signal and RF systems.
Experience taking RF hardware from prototype through qualification and environmental testing, including working with manufacturing partners and test teams.