Optiver
RF System Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- BS in electrical or computer engineering; Master or Ph.D. preferred.
About the job
Designs, builds, tests, and deploys custom RF hardware and subsystems for high-performance trading systems.
What you'll do
- Design, bring up, characterize, and debug RF hardware, PCBAs, and HF transmit and receive front ends.
- Create test plans and lead system-level validation, including RF performance and regulatory considerations.
- Coordinate with software, infrastructure, and network teams to deploy systems; own designs from concept through production.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience designing and debugging RF hardware and systems, including HF front ends, filtering, matching, and amplifier characterization.
- Strong understanding of receive-chain performance and experience diagnosing transmit/receive-chain issues, EMI, and PCBA integration.
- Comfort using RF lab equipment and writing basic Python for bring-up, automation, or analysis.
- Working knowledge of RF safety and regulatory requirements, EMI/EMC, and safe operation of high-power RF equipment.
Nice to have
- Microwave design experience; familiarity with antenna fundamentals; ham radio license.
- Experience with RF simulation tools (ADS, AWR, HFSS or CST), Spice simulation, FPGA or microcontroller programming, or compliance workflows.
Tools
Python, ADS, AWR, HFSS, CST, Spice, FPGA
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