Founding RF Engineer

About Nine Fives

RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones

The role

Nine Fives produces modern radio frequency test equipment and solutions to disrupt the $130B test equipment industry. By combining modern electronics, AI ready test automation, and strategic supply chains, we’re equipping our customers to cut their time to market in half.## About the role:This is a full time salaried position. Compensation is $170,000 - $200,000/yr + equity & benefits. As a Founding RF Engineer you will own products from cradle to grave. You will work with our founding team to develop the next generation of electronic test equipment. ## Responsibilities:* Define product requirements and synthesize into schematics * Perform component selection and BOM optimization* Schematic design and routing for digital and analog PCBs* Perform bringup and characterization of prototype PCBAs* Write and maintain a common embedded linux software stack across products## Basic Qualifications:* Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar. * 3+ years experience with Altium, KiCAD, or other industry standard EDA tool sets.* 2+ years experience performing analysis with ADS or Microwave Office* 2+ years experience performing analysis with HFSS or CST studio* 2+ years experience with common RF lab equipment like spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and network analyzers.## Preferred Skills and Experience:* Masters degree in electrical engineering with a focus on Radio Frequency Hardware design* Experience designing PCBAs with high speed interfaces such as DDR and/or ethernet* Experience designing RF PCBAs (LNAs, Power Amplifiers, couplers, feed networks or similar).* Experience designing medium-complexity switch mode power supplies (buck, buck-boost, flyback).* Familiarity with common interfaces for networking test equipment (SCPI, VISA, HiSlip, LXI, RESTful API) and basic knowledge of underlying network stack (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP).* 2+ years experience working on embedded Linux based systems (especially buildroot based)* 2+ years experience with Python, Go, or C/C++ development.## Additional Requirements:* Some travel may be required* Role is in-person, 5 days a week.* Weekend work is neither required nor expected.Nine Fives is an equal opportunity employer.

Skills

• Git
• Go
• MATLAB
• Python
• Embedded Linux
• Firmware
• PCB design
• FPGAs
• Altium