Senior Manager RF Engineering

Zebra Technologies•Holtsville, NY

12d•$156,960 - $235,440•Hybrid

About The Position

Zebra is seeking a Senior Manager RF and EE to lead a team designing, developing, evaluating, and modifying RF- and wirelessly enabled products. The role ensures product designs and team deliverables meet customer, wireless standards-body, regulatory, and network-operator requirements. It determines and develops approaches to delivering RF/wireless product solutions, typically involving complex engineering analysis and computer simulation, and evaluates completed work against objectives. Deep low-level RF circuit design expertise is required. The role directs the RF department’s activities and operating budget, manages development programs and strategic initiatives, and establishes operational policies. It contributes to policy innovation, integrated business solutions, and strategy formulation, and supports profitability or cost containment through functional management. The position also develops solutions to improve processes, reduce costs and cycle time, and improve customer service and satisfaction. The position is hybrid: on-site three days per week at Zebra’s Holtsville, New York office and remote two days per week in the United States. Approximately 20% domestic and international travel may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
At least 12 years of engineering experience.
At least 5 years of applicable hands-on industry experience in embedded RF/wireless circuit design and system integration.
High proficiency in verbal and written communication and cross-functional collaboration.
Proficiency in electromagnetic fields and microwaves, RF/wireless system design, radio transceiver design, circuit design, PCB design, EM simulation, troubleshooting, budget control, and project planning.
Deep low-level RF circuit design expertise.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
Expertise architecting high-power, high-sensitivity RF transceivers for active/passive wireless tracking systems, particularly UHF RFID (860–960 MHz) and Ultra-Wideband.
Deep technical knowledge of front-end RF design, LNA/PA matching networks, directional couplers, and mitigation of self-jamming or co-site interference among co-located radios such as RFID, BLE, Wi-Fi 6/6E, and Cellular 5G/LTE.
Hands-on experience collaborating with Electrical Engineering on multilayer rigid and rigid-flex board layouts, including controlled-impedance transmission lines, RF grounding, and phase-matched routing for multi-port antenna arrays.
Extensive background in antenna synthesis, array design, and EM simulation platforms such as Ansys HFSS, CST Studio Suite, and Keysight ADS for compact form factors and fixed reader portals.
Practical experience troubleshooting power delivery networks for high-output PAs and sensitive receiver chains, including identifying and suppressing switching-regulator harmonics and digital clock bleed-through into RF bands.
Mastery of RF test benches, including Vector Network Analyzers, high-speed Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, and anechoic OTA chambers; experience designing automated calibration and test routines for production lines.
Strong command of worldwide radio regulatory standards for FHSS and ultra-wideband emissions, including FCC Part 15, ETSI EN 302 208, the RED directive, and SAR compliance.
Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Direct and control RF department activities and associated operating budget within the relevant functional discipline.
Contribute to policy innovation and integrated business solutions, including input into strategy formulation.
Manage development programs and strategic initiatives.
Develop and establish operational policies within the area managed, and delegate assignments.
Contribute to profitability and cost containment through functional management and indirect impact on the P&L.
Develop and implement programs and solutions to improve processes, reduce costs and cycle time, and improve customer service and satisfaction.
Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to achieve results.
Apply RF wireless expertise to develop creative solutions.
Oversee the design, development, evaluation, and modification of RF/wirelessly enabled products and ensure the integrity of team deliverables.