Enter a job title or keyword

RF & Microwave Design Engineering Manager


Job Location:

Mountain View, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 177500 - 236600
Posted: 13 November 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 10 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense factory automation air and water quality environmental monitoring electronics design and development oceanographic research deepwater oil and gas exploration and production medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Manager RF & Microwave Design Engineering Advanced SSPAs & SpaceGrade Modules

If youre energized by solving complex RF and microwave challenges that support critical defense and space missions this role puts you at the heart of that impact. Teledyne Microwave Solutions brings over five decades of innovation in highperformance MW/RF components and assemblies trusted by aerospace EW radar and satcom customers worldwide.

As the manager of our RF & Microwave Design Engineering team youll guide talented engineers drive advanced architectures and help bring nextgeneration solidstate power amplifiers and multifunction modules from concept to missionready hardware.


What youll do
  • Lead a multidisciplinary RF/Microwave design team developing SSPAs and multifunction modules for defense and space applications.
  • Oversee architecture definition chain analysis and frequency planning for complex RF systems.
  • Guide the design of RF components using tools such as ADS MWO HFSS Sonnet Spice or Cadence.
  • Evaluate and select active/passive devices including LNAs PAs filters mixers multipliers oscillators and synthesizers.
  • Direct prototype builds hardware layout tuning characterization and performance verification.
  • Manage personnel development technical reviews and crossfunctional execution from concept through production release.
  • Lead PDR/CDR/PRR reviews and present technical findings to customers and internal leadership.
  • Support proposal development and technical strategy for new business opportunities.
  • Champion technology trends and SWaP improvements to maintain industry competitiveness.

What you need
  • Required: Deep expertise in RF microwave and millimeterwave devices circuits and systems.
  • Required: Handson experience designing highfrequency receivers transmitters and signalgeneration circuits.
  • Required: Strong lab skills including tuning alignment and use of RF test equipment.
  • Required: Ability to lead engineering teams and manage multiple concurrent projects.
  • Required: 15 years in the microwave/RF industry.
  • Required: BSEE; Advantage: MSEE.
  • Advantage: Experience with spacegrade products and EM simulation tools (HFSS CST Sonnet).
  • Required: U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Security Clearance.

What we offer
  • The opportunity to build missioncritical hardware trusted in defense and space systems.
  • A culture that values deep engineering expertise and innovative thinking.
  • Collaboration with specialists across Teledynes diverse technology portfolio.
  • Stability heritage and longterm investment in advanced RF research.
  • Support for continued technical growth and leadership development.

What happens next

Your application will be reviewed by our talent acquisition team. Selected candidates will move to a recruiter conversation followed by interviews with technical and leadership teams. Timelines may vary.

Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a Security Clearance.

Salary Range:

$177500.00-$236600.000

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including but not limited to location local regulations (such as minimum wage) education/training work experience key skills and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws regulations rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status age or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal state or local laws.


Required Experience:

Manager


About Company

Company Logo

Get leading-edge marine equipment & technology from market leader Teledyne Marine, including: imaging, instruments, interconnect, seismic + vehicles. See how!

View Profile View Profile