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Senior RF Design Engineer, EW

Anduril


Job Location:

Costa Mesa, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 166000 - 220000
Posted: 3 September 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 1 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What youll do
  • Modeling simulation analysis design test and optimization of active and passive RF and/or mixed signal circuits.
  • Assist with RF system and/or subsystem requirement development and feasibility studies.
  • Select and characterize components generate schematics and work closely with PCB layout to ensure circuit designs meet requirements while striving for first pass design success.
  • Board bring up test and circuit optimizations.
  • Develop circuit verification test plans and assist with testing.
Required Qualifications
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 6 years experience
  • Experience with RF cascade analyses component selection and component evaluations.
  • Experience with RF front end circuit designs like receivers transmitters gain control and power control.
  • Experience and expertise with off the shelf discrete RF components like low noise amplifiers filters mixers phase locked loops (PLLs) / synthesizers oscillators general purpose amplifiers variable attenuators switches power detectors and limiters.
  • Experience with schematic capture and guiding PCB layout.
  • Experience with board bring up test and optimization.
  • Experience with test plan development and test execution.
  • Experience developing circuit models and simulations using tools like Ansys Electronics Desktop (Nexxim SiWave) and Cadence AWR Microwave Office.
  • Significant experience and expertise with test equipment like vector network analyzers (VNAs) spectrum analyzers signal generators power meters oscilloscopes multimeters and power supplies.
  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation using tools like Ansys HFSS CST and Feko.
  • Familiar with nonlinear circuit simulation (harmonic balance and envelope simulations) using tools like AWR Microwave Office.
  • Familiar with matching circuit and RF filter design.
  • Familiar with software defined radio development including data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters) clock trees data converter interfaces and sampling concepts.
  • Experience with PCB design / layout.
  • Experience with RF requirement development and feasibility analyses.
  • Familiar with programming languages like Python for analysis and test automation.
  • Familiar with embedded Linux.

US Salary Range

$166000 - $220000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

Benefits

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Required Experience:

Senior IC