San Francisco, CA
4 months ago

Job Overview

Job Type
Full-Time
Pay
Not disclosed

Job description

Location:
San Francisco, CA, United States
Work arrangement:
On-site

Role Summary

We’re looking for a Wireless RF Engineer with broad-based expertise across RF architecture, design, integration, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate combines deep theoretical and practical knowledge in areas such as electromagnetic theory, RF and wireless circuit design, communication systems, and product design trade-offs.

You’ll leverage electromagnetic and system simulations, hands-on prototyping, and test and measurement tools to understand complex system and sub-system interactions - translating insights into production-ready designs that balance performance, reliability, and manufacturability at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead bring-up and production of state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication systems
  • Design and simulate wireless systems optimized for ultra-low power applications
  • Perform link budget modeling and system-level performance analysis
  • Integrate and validate wireless technologies such as cellular, low power mesh networking, NTN, GPS, Wi-Fi, BLE, and LoRa

Collaborate closely across electrical, firmware, software, and mechanical teams to analyze RF telemetry data and optimize wireless network performance

  • Drive cross-functional alignment with antenna vendors, certification labs, and manufacturing partners

Requirements

  • BSEE (or higher) with 5+ years of experience in RF systems design and debug
  • Strong hands-on experience in lab environments including RF conducted measurements, OTA testing, and rework.
  • Experience in cellular and/or low power mesh networks
  • Proven experience with RF manufacturing line testing, fixture development, and validation
  • Strong understanding of radio desense and coexistence testing
  • Experience in RF certification and compliance (PTCRB, EMI, FCC, CTIA, etc.)
  • Comfortable scripting in Python or similar for RF test automation and data analysis

Proven collaboration experience with RF silicon vendors, and internal EE, ME, and FW teams

Bonus Skills

  • Direct experience partnering with RF silicon vendors
  • Deep cross-disciplinary collaboration across hardware, firmware, and mechanical engineering
  • Experience resolving RF coexistence issues in sensors
  • Experience in antenna design
  • "At this time, Gridware is unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this role. We’re only able to consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the country of employment without visa sponsorship now or in the future."
  • This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!
  • Gridware Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Alternating day off (every other Monday)
  • “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
  • Commuter allowance
  • Company-paid training
Role:
Senior RF Engineer, Devices
Job Type:
Full-Time

Company profile

Gridware

gridware.io

Gridware builds grid monitoring technology that helps electric utilities detect hazards, restore power quickly and safely, and extend the life of field assets. Co-founded by a lineman turned engineer, it pioneered Active Grid Response, a category of grid intelligence that gives real-time visibility into the physical, electrical and environmental conditions of every span of the grid. Its tools have more than 90 million field hours.

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