Advanced RF/Antenna Engineer
About The Position
At Zebra, the Advanced RF/Antenna Engineer owns complex board-level RF circuit and antenna designs from architecture and simulation through lab debugging, regulatory compliance, and global factory bring-up. The role designs transmitters, receivers, and antennas in the 800 MHz to 8 GHz range and contributes to Zebra’s technology roadmap and patent development. It is a hands-on position focused on location technology and bringing RFID products to market. The role requires working at the Holtsville, New York office at least three days per week, with two days remote in the United States. Up to 10% domestic and/or international travel may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience, or a master’s degree and at least 4 years of experience.
- Experience with board-level RF circuit design.
- RF impedance-matching experience and understanding of the Smith Chart for RF design.
- Experience with antenna design and measurements.
- Familiarity with VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and RF power meters.
- Some design experience with Class A/AB power amplifiers up to 5 W.
- Ability to perform hands-on testing, troubleshooting, matching, and soldering.
- Experience with RF simulation software such as ADS or CST.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with power-supply regulator design for RF circuits and power amplifiers.
- Knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout viewers for layout reviews.
- RF design experience in the 800 MHz to 8 GHz range.
- RF design experience for UHF RFID readers.
- Familiarity with RF receiver design and measurements.
- RF system-level design experience, such as RFID or UWB.
- Experience with ADS, CST, or Cadence design tools.
- WWAN, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa, or GPS RF design experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, analyze, and integrate RF receivers, transmitters, and antennas.
- Conduct RF system implementation throughout the product design cycle.
- Design power supplies and other supporting circuits.
- Select components; prototype designs; support factory bring-up, lab-bench debugging, and root-cause analysis.
- Work with internal cross-functional teams and external JDMs/CMs to bring RFID products to market.
- Support EMI/EMC troubleshooting and validation.
- Architect, design, develop, and test RF solutions for highly complex technical projects.
- Create specifications and provide input to product requirements.
- Contribute to the technology roadmap process.
- Prioritize quality and pursue improvements across RF projects.
Benefits
- Healthcare and wellness offerings.
- Inclusion networks and continued learning and development offerings.
- Community service days.
- Traditional insurance offerings.
- Parental leave.
- Employee assistance program.
- Paid time off, depending on country of employment.
- Hybrid work flexibility and adaptable hours.
- Summer Flex Fridays and Focus Fridays.
- Annual companywide well-being day.
- Performance-based annual cash incentive with a target equal to 12% of base pay.
- Some roles may be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
