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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Must have U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with RF devices and networks such as amplifiers, attenuators, phase shifters, and mixers.
- Experience with RF signal budget analysis for system metrics such as gain, noise figure, and power.
- Strong analytical and hardware troubleshooting skills.
- Proficiency in a technical programming language such as Matlab or Python.
- Proficiency with RF test equipment including network analyzers and spectrum analyzers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with printed circuit board layout and assembly.
- A desire to find, explore, and solve new and challenging problems.
- Comfortable in a lab environment.
- A resiliency to fail fast and often.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- A proven capacity to contribute to multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Past experience with Altium Designer for schematic capture and board layout.
- Past experience with front end design for radar or software defined radios (SDR).
- Past experience with antenna design and testing.
- Past experience with electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS, FEKO, CST, or Microwave Office.
Benefits
- Four weeks of PTO each year.
- Flexible scheduling.
- Hybrid work options.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Up to 6% 401(k) match.
- Healthcare, dental, and vision plans.
FIRST RF is a product-development company specializing in advanced antennas and RF systems. Founded with a vision of demonstrating to the defense and aerospace industry what breakthroughs can be accomplished by a company that prioritizes engineering excellence, FIRST RF champions innovation, responsiveness, and quality. Our exceptional team of engineering and manufacturing experts is empowered by our world-class facilities and our significant annual investments in cutting-edge R&D. With market segments spanning radar, communications, electronic warfare, conformal antennas, and millimeter-wave communications and sensing, our mission is to provide our customers with the best solutions to their most challenging problems. FIRST RF’s products provide industry-leading antenna capabilities, faster development and delivery times, and lower costs compared to other solutions on the market, enabling our customers to field systems that set the standard for performance and value. We take pride in our culture of transparency and collaboration with our customers and our uncompromising stance on product reliability. The combination of these factors has made FIRST RF a preferred partner of both Government and prime contractors from early research and development through manufacturing and fielding. We have produced and delivered over 250,000 antenna systems that support ongoing missions across land, air, sea, and space, earning FIRST RF a reputation for delivering top-quality, high-performance antenna solutions.