MatrixSpace
RF Engineer
$125K–$155K
Hoffman Estates, IL · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 5-7 years of RF engineering experience.
- Education
- Degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance in the future.
About the job
Designs, integrates, tests, and improves RF components and subsystems for radar systems, including antenna and RF hardware.
What you'll do
- Design and develop RF components and subsystems; analyze performance and recommend design tradeoffs.
- Build and evaluate prototypes using simulation, lab measurements, and test plans; integrate and troubleshoot RF hardware.
- Support field testing, compare measured results with design expectations, and apply findings to improvements.
What they ask for
- Hands-on RF hardware design, integration, or test experience.
- Degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Knowledge of RF fundamentals and experience using RF test equipment to characterize and troubleshoot hardware.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship; able to work onsite in Hoffman Estates and participate in field testing as needed.
Nice to have
- Radar, sensing, communications, or other RF systems experience; antenna design or electromagnetic simulation (HFSS) with phased arrays.
- Antenna chamber design and automation (Python); RF PCB design; C, git, Linux, or testing RF systems outside the lab.
Pay
USD 125,000 to USD 155,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
HFSS, Python, C, git, Linux, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
AI focus
The role develops RF components and subsystems for AI-enabled radar systems; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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