Head of RF Engineering

True Talent Solutions Partners • Hawthorne, CA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Lead RF engineering for a defense technology team developing a high-power directed-energy system designed to counter drone threats. This hands-on role focuses on building and validating the RF architecture before growing the engineering team as the company scales. The position begins as a hands-on individual contributor and develops into building and leading the RF engineering team.

Requirements

• 5 to 12 years of RF engineering experience, including hands-on individual-contributor work.
• Experience taking a clean-sheet RF design through design for manufacturing and into production.
• Deep experience in high-power RF and analog RF, with practical work in RF system design, antenna systems, MMIC design, or electromagnetics.
• Experience with phased arrays at the system or component level.
• Familiarity with HFSS, antenna design and simulation, high-power GaN power amplifiers, VNAs, signal generators, anechoic chamber testing, and EMI/EMC.
• A record of shipped products or hands-on hardware projects.
• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the clean-sheet RF system architecture and guide it through design for manufacturing and production.
• Design and validate high-power RF systems, antenna arrays, and related hardware.
• Use lab equipment, including signal generators and vector network analyzers, to test and troubleshoot designs.
• Support phased-array development, electromagnetic simulation, and anechoic chamber testing.
• Apply first-principles engineering to resolve system, performance, and manufacturability challenges.
• Build and lead the RF engineering team as it grows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed