Senior Manager RF Engineering

Zebra Technologies•Holtsville, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zebra is seeking a Senior Manager RF and EE to lead a team designing, developing, evaluating, and modifying RF/wirelessly enabled products. The role ensures product designs and team deliverables meet customer, wireless standards body, regulatory, and network operator requirements, and determines effective approaches for delivering RF/wireless product solutions. Work involves complex engineering analysis and computer simulation, with results evaluated to confirm objectives are met. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in low-level RF circuit design. The position directs the RF department’s activities and operating budget, manages development programs and strategic initiatives, and contributes to policy, strategy, and integrated business solutions. It is based in Zebra’s Holtsville, New York office, with three days on-site and two days remote each week. 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.
High 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 across 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.
Advanced hands-on experience collaborating with Electrical Engineering on multilayer rigid and rigid-flex board layouts, controlled-impedance transmission lines, RF grounding, and phase-matched routing for multi-port antenna arrays.
Extensive experience in antenna synthesis, array design (including beamforming/beamsteering, patch, and planar inverted-F antennas), and EM simulation platforms such as Ansys HFSS, CST Studio Suite, and Keysight ADS.
Practical experience troubleshooting power delivery networks for high-output power amplifiers and sensitive receiver chains, including 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 production test routines.
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.
Ability to travel approximately 20% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Directs and controls the activities and associated operating budget of the RF department within a product group, division, sub-region, or country.
Contributes to policy innovation and integrated business solutions, including input into strategy formulation.
Manages development programs and strategic initiatives.
Develops and establishes operational policies within the area managed and delegates assignments.
Contributes to profitability and cost containment through indirect impact on P&L areas such as account, product line, research and development, operations, or functional management.
Develops and implements programs or solutions to improve processes, reduce costs and cycle time, and improve customer service and satisfaction.
Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to obtain results.
Applies RF wireless expertise to contribute to creative solutions.
Oversees a team designing, developing, evaluating, and modifying RF/wirelessly enabled products; supervises product design and ensures the integrity of team deliverables.