🚀 Senior Design Engineer (RF and Systems)

Description

Ravenswood Solutions, Inc. (Ravensood), is looking for a motivated and talented Sr. Design Engineer with a deep background in RF Components and Systems to be a member of Ravenswood’s growing Product Development Team based in Orlando, FL. Ravenswood specializes in rapidly delivering data collection, visualization, and analysis capabilities to our customer’s point and time of need, anywhere in the world. This person will be responsible for designing, testing, and producing custom devices and sensors for use in rugged field environments.

Ravenswood provides government agencies and commercial clients with technology and services for collective training, test and evaluation, policy analysis, and operations. Our field-proven packages include high fidelity instrumentation, geo-locating sensors, augmented reality systems, and turnkey support services that are customized for each client.

The Sr. Design Engineer will work within a collaborative team environment and take their ideas through all aspects of the engineering process, from concept to field test to final production. This person will report directly to the Director of Product Development and provide engineering support in research & development, product development, sustainment, and testing. Individuals interested in having an immediate and direct impact on the success of a growing company should apply.

The specific responsibilities include:

Design and development

• Contribute to system architecture decisions including power management, communication interfaces and embedded peripheral control.
• Provide guidance for multi-layer PCB layouts optimized for RF performance, signal integrity, and manufacturability.
• Lead schematic capture, component selection, and layout reviews.

Prototyping and validation

• Select and test commercial RF components and data transceivers (Bluetooth, WiFi, cellular etc.)
• Build and test prototype boards; perform RF measurements including S-parameters, noise figure, linearity, and phase noise.
• Perform board bring-up, debugging, and validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other lab equipment.
• Work closely with the product development team to define validation plans and ensure performance compliance.

System-level optimization

• Integrate RF front ends with digital and power subsystems; mitigate EMI/EMC issues.
• Support antenna design and matching, as well as system-level RF link budget and performance analysis.

Documentation and production

• Support product upgrades
• Generate design documentation, BOMs, and test reports.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners for DFM/DFT and production ramp-up.
• Maintain design documentation, revision control, and compliance with regulatory and quality standards (EMC, FCC, ISO, etc.).

Mentorship and leadership

• Provide technical guidance to other team members and drive best practices in hardware design and testing.
• In-field and On-call diagnostic/troubleshooting support during field exercise

U.S. and international travel opportunities to include internal field testing, field support, client demonstrations, and conferences

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 10 years of experience in RF/mixed-signal hardware design or equivalent system expertise
• Flexible team-oriented attitude; able to adapt to changing requirements
• Proficiency in RF simulation and analysis tools (e.g., Keysight ADS, Microwave Office, HFSS, CST).
• Strong PCB design experience with Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or similar.
• Experience with RF lab equipment: spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, power meters, etc.
• Solid understanding of RF fundamentals: impedance matching, filtering, noise, linearity, modulation, and signal integrity.
• Proven track record in bringing RF products from concept to production.
• Experience with implementing wired and wireless interfaces (UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, BLE, NFC, WiFi, ZigBee, 4G/5G)
• Experience with application networking concepts (TCP/IP, unicast/multicast/broadcast)
• Strong programming and debugging skills
• Some expertise developing for microprocessors (PSoC4/6, nRF52, Raspberry Pi CM5, x86_64) and low-level drivers/interfaces
• Some expertise in one or more of the following: C/C++, Python or Bash
• Some Experience with Debian-based Linux/Embedded Linux
• Familiar with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket), version controls (git, svn)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with GNSS, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, radar, or custom RF systems.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, FPGA interfaces, or digital baseband design.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance (FCC, CE, ETSI) and EMC design best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in initial board bring up on new hardware
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work closely in small teams to create well integrated products in short design cycles with good documentation and reproducible methods
• Familiarity with military training systems, events, formats, and protocol
• Documentation and technical writing skills desired
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications

Other Requirements

• Employment is contingent on successful completion of a background check
• A drug screen will be required as part of the hiring process
• Ability to travel required (typically one week every two months). Trips to include testing of developed products in operating environment and new client development/planning on location
• Due to government requirements for this role and the nature of the work, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with the ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.