Chaos Industries
Senior RF Engineer
$167K–$230K
El Segundo, California, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- El Segundo, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years with a bachelor's degree, 5+ years with a master's, or 2+ years with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a master's, or a PhD.
About the job
Designs, tests, integrates, and supports high-reliability RF and microwave hardware for aerospace and defense systems across the product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Design, prototype, and tune RF circuit boards and support PCB layout and RF stack-up definition.
- Plan and conduct RF testing, characterization, integration, and troubleshooting at board, module, and subsystem levels.
- Contribute to architecture and component trade studies, simulations, production support, failure analysis, and field support.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of RF engineering experience, or a master's with 5+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience developing RF hardware for aerospace, defense, avionics, radar, EW, communications, or space systems.
- Strong understanding of RF fundamentals and hands-on experience with RF test equipment.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with radar, EW, remote sensing, or communications subsystem architecture and performance analysis.
- Active U.S. security clearance.
Pay
$167,000 - $230,000 USD base salary
Tools
HFSS, ADS, AWR, Altium, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters
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