Lead RF Hardware Engineer

CX2•El Segundo, CA

5d•$190,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

CX2 is seeking a Lead RF Engineer to join its growing team. The role supports RF components throughout their lifecycle, including software-defined radios, amplifiers, antennas, and frequency converters. The engineer will design, integrate, maintain, test, and support complex RF systems, while guiding other engineers. The position is onsite at CX2’s headquarters in El Segundo, California; remote work is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
At least 4 years of total experience.
At least 2 years of experience leading a cross-functional engineering team.
Experience creating link budgets and aligning them with real-world test data.
Strong understanding of RF system parameters, including gain, cascaded noise figure, figure of merit, linearity, and band flatness.
Willingness to debug complex electrical systems and methodically identify root causes.
Experience with antenna and receiver design across analog, RF, and mixed-signal domains, including mixers, PLLs/LOs, gain/linearity/noise trades, and translating simulations into working hardware.
Knowledge of channelizers and wideband architectures, including filter banks, analog/digital down-conversion, sample-rate planning, and clocking/synchronization.
Willingness to support critical test events that may occasionally require extended hours or weekends.
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Deep experience with eCAD and CAD software, a solid understanding of RF fundamentals, and advanced proficiency in Python and/or MATLAB are identified as ideal qualifications for mentoring and coaching engineers.

Nice To Haves

Experience putting hardware through formal qualification campaigns and implementing robust screening of units in a manufacturing environment.
Experience with RF systems on UAVs or for military applications.
Experience with GNU Radio or similar DSP frameworks.
Experience scaling RF products and technologies.

Responsibilities

Support RF components through requirements capture, schematic capture, layout, bring-up, measurement, production, testing, and RF system-level activities.
Automate bench measurement setups for RF test data collection and post-processing, enabling data-driven conclusions.
Design, integrate, and maintain complex RF systems.
Support New Product Introduction (NPI), design for manufacturing, and design for test.
Mentor and coach engineers.