Senior RF Design Engineer, EW
- Salary
- $166,000 - $220,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 1 September 2026.
About the role
Anduril Industries's standard text
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.
As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
What you’ll do
- Modeling, simulation, analysis, design, test, and optimization of active and passive RF and/or mixed signal circuits.
- Assist with RF system and/or subsystem requirement development and feasibility studies.
- Select and characterize components, generate schematics, and work closely with PCB layout to ensure circuit designs meet requirements while striving for first pass design success.
- Board bring up, test, and circuit optimizations.
- Develop circuit verification test plans and assist with testing.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 6+ years experience
- Experience with RF cascade analyses, component selection, and component evaluations.
- Experience with RF front end circuit designs like receivers, transmitters, gain control, and power control.
- Experience and expertise with off the shelf discrete RF components like low noise amplifiers, filters, mixers, phase locked loops (PLLs) / synthesizers, oscillators, general purpose amplifiers, variable attenuators, switches, power detectors, and limiters.
- Experience with schematic capture and guiding PCB layout.
- Experience with board bring up, test, and optimization.
- Experience with test plan development and test execution.
- Experience developing circuit models and simulations using tools like Ansys Electronics Desktop (Nexxim, SiWave) and Cadence AWR Microwave Office.
- Significant experience and expertise with test equipment like vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies.
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation using tools like Ansys HFSS, CST, and Feko.
- Familiar with nonlinear circuit simulation (harmonic balance and envelope simulations) using tools like AWR Microwave Office.
- Familiar with matching circuit and RF filter design.
- Familiar with software defined radio development including data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters), clock trees, data converter interfaces, and sampling concepts.
- Experience with PCB design / layout.
- Experience with RF requirement development and feasibility analyses.
- Familiar with programming languages like Python for analysis and test automation.
- Familiar with embedded Linux.
US Salary Range
$166,000—$220,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Anduril Industries's standard text
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
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ANSYS · PCB Design · Test Automation
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Computer Vision
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The team: Mission Systems : Electromagnetic Warfare Engineering : EW Hardware HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 6 open in Mission Systems : Electromagnetic Warfare Engineering : EW Hardware. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Computer Vision (6 of 6), PCB Design (4 of 6), Altium (2 of 6), Embedded Systems (2 of 6), FPGA (2 of 6), Linux (2 of 6), Python (2 of 6)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Antenna RF Engineer, EW posted Oct 1
- Staff PCB Design Engineer posted Aug 20
- Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer, EW posted Aug 5
- Staff Electrical Engineer (Circuit Design) posted Jul 9
- Electro-Mechanical Engineer, EW posted Apr 3
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