Mid-Level or Sr. RF Hardware Design Engineer

Kforce is partnered directly with the hiring manager of this growing engineering technology company in Orem, UT on an exclusive search for a Mid-Level or Senior RF Hardware Design Engineer. This is a high-impact role for an engineer passionate about solving complex RF/microwave challenges and driving development of advanced RF based hardware systems in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment. This role offers competitive compensation including base salary and equity. Key Responsibilities:

• Design and development of hardware systems across RF/microwave, low-noise analog, power systems, FPGA hardware, and embedded GPU platforms
• Evaluate tradeoffs between RF hardware and signal processing (detection, tracking, calibration, interference mitigation) to optimize system performance
• Translate system-level requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Assess feasibility across technical, cost, and schedule constraints
• Partner cross-functionally with systems, electrical, mechanical, and software teams from concept through production
• Troubleshoot complex hardware issues and drive design improvements
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure performance aligns with real-world application needs

RF/Microwave Design in some of the following areas would be preferred:

• Upconversion/downconversion circuits
• Mixers and signal chain design
• Amplifiers (LNAs, PAs), Transceivers, filtering, phased arrays, calibration
• Waveform generation (DDS, PLLs), oscillators (OCXO or similar)
• Experience with PLLs (integer vs fractional-N, loop bandwidth)
• Experience with signal-chain including transceiver signal chain design would be ideal
• Experience with PLLs, waveform generation, up/down conversion

Hardware & Circuit Design:

• Schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Hands-on RF circuit testing, tuning, and component evaluation

Simulation & Analysis:

• LTSpice (required)
• HFSS, ADS or similar
• Python, MATLAB, or equivalent tools for data analysis