Senior Staff RF Design Engineer - Unmanned Aircraft Systems
TrellisWare Technologies · San Diego, California
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days TrellisWare Technologies's roles stay open a median of 82 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of TrellisWare Technologies's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at TrellisWare Technologies
- high 25 stale, 0 reposted of 26 open
- Hiring momentum
- 38 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
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About this role
The Senior Staff RF Design Engineer at TrellisWare will focus on designing and developing RF/Analog systems for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This role involves collaborating with various teams to identify system requirements, leading hardware design and architecture development, and ensuring that products meet performance standards throughout their lifecycle. The engineer will also engage in design verification, manufacturing support, and customer interactions to provide integration recommendations.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
- 10+ years of experience as an RF/Wireless Design Engineer
- Understanding of transceiver design, frequency conversion, frequency synthesizers, and PLL design to 3 GHz
- Experience with front-end amplifiers and filter design
- Experience with receive sensitivity, noise figure, and transmit power measurements
- Experience with RF Power Amplifier design and characterization
Nice to have
- Experience developing products for UAS or similar environments where SWaP, reliability, and performance are critical factors
- Ability to abstract complex technical concepts and communicate them clearly
Worth weighing
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
- Salary range provided is broad, indicating potential variability based on experience
- Position may require security clearance, which could be a consideration for candidates
- Emphasis on teamwork and collaboration suggests a strong team culture, which may appeal to some candidates
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Listed by TrellisWare Technologies on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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