Hardware Engineer - RF Specialist
$100 - $120 per hourMercor
Job Description
Job Description
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Electrical & Hardware Engineering Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to complex engineering tasks.
- Review and evaluate hardware designs , engineering workflows, and troubleshooting approaches.
- Analyze design trade-offs, failure modes, and system-level engineering decisions.
- Assess the technical correctness of solutions for real-world hardware problems.
- Identify errors, missing assumptions, and potential design risks.
- Develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, and evaluation criteria.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 5+ years of professional industry experience, including 3 years of recent hands-on experience in hardware development.
- Direct experience as the responsible engineer for substantial hardware development workflows.
- Expertise in RF systems , Power Electronics , Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design , PCB Architecture , or Signal Integrity .
- Strong understanding of engineering constraints like component selection and system integration.
- Experience debugging hardware using laboratory equipment and simulation tools.
- Ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs clearly.
Preferred
- Experience with companies that design and manufacture physical hardware products .
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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