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Echodyne · 3 months ago

Principal RF Design Engineer

Kirkland, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $240K/yr

7+ years exp

Echodyne is a company that offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for various industries. They are seeking a Principal RF Design Engineer to lead the maturation and sustainment of RF subsystems for advanced radar systems, ensuring technical excellence and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

ElectronicsNational SecuritySensorSoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the maturation and sustainment of RF subsystems for advanced radar systems, ensuring technical excellence and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration

Own design, verification, transition to manufacturing, and long-term sustainment of RF subsystems, serving as the primary technical point of contact for all related engineering activities

Drive design-shaping discussions and technical reviews with multidisciplinary teams—such as Systems, Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing—to develop robust radar architectures, resolve complex technical challenges, and align work with program objectives and Design for Excellence (DFX) principles

Provide deep technical expertise in RF circuit design, simulation, and analysis to guide design execution, verification planning, and risk mitigation

Define and architect production test strategies and supporting infrastructure to enable efficient, reliable manufacturing and quality assurance

Lead root-cause investigations, trade studies, and continuous improvement initiatives to sustain and enhance subsystem performance

Other related tasks required to fulfill the needs of the business

Qualification

RF Circuit DesignRF Hardware ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipDesign for TestRF Transceiver DesignProcess ImprovementRoot-Cause AnalysisSimulation SoftwareMultidisciplinary Collaboration

Required

Demonstrated Technical Leadership and Ownership of Area of Responsibility (AOR)

Ability to act as the primary technical authority for RF systems, subsystems, or components, with experience developing solutions, driving trade studies, and delivering designs across the full product lifecycle

Experience coordinating and facilitating multidisciplinary technical reviews, engaging cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Systems, Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality) to ensure alignment and rigor in design decisions

Experience defining, prioritizing, and communicating technical objectives and work plans in collaboration with program management and engineering leadership, maintaining clarity of purpose and focus on technical excellence

Experience implementing designs with design-for-test (DFT), design-for-manufacturing (DFM), and design-for-assembly (DFA) principles to elevate product quality, reliability, and manufacturability

Capable of leading process improvement initiatives, such as root-cause analyses, driving corrective and preventative actions, and refining engineering processes to improve efficiency and outcomes

Background in the engineering of RF Printed Circuit Assemblies

Experience with RF transmitter and receiver module design and analysis including the bring-up, integration, design verification and qualification of RF printed circuit assemblies

Experience designing High-Reliability commercial or consumer RF hardware and managing high thermal density architectures

Experience developing RF hardware architectures for fielded products

Experience with the development of detailed RF transceiver designs including part selection trades, schematic development, and simulation

Expert in RF Chain/Cascade Development & Analysis for heterodyne receivers and multi-stage transmitter subsystems

BS Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

7 or more years of experience in RF Circuit Design