True Talent Solutions Partners

Head of RF Engineering

Hawthorne (United States)
Salary
$175,000 - $300,000 annually
Level
Lead
Work type
On-site · Hawthorne
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Lead RF engineering for a defense technology team developing a high-power directed-energy system designed to counter drone threats. This is a hands-on role focused on building and validating the RF architecture before growing the engineering team as the company scales.

What You'll Do

  • Own the clean-sheet RF system architecture and guide it through design for manufacturing and production.
  • Design and validate high-power RF systems, antenna arrays, and related hardware.
  • Use lab equipment such as signal generators and vector network analyzers to test and troubleshoot designs.
  • Support phased-array development, electromagnetic simulation, and anechoic chamber testing.
  • Apply first-principles engineering to resolve system, performance, and manufacturability challenges.
  • Begin as a hands-on individual contributor, then build and lead the RF engineering team as it grows.

What We're Looking For

  • 5 to 12 years of RF engineering experience, including hands-on individual-contributor work.
  • Experience taking a clean-sheet RF design through DFM and into production.
  • Deep experience in high-power RF and analog RF, with practical work in RF system design, antenna systems, MMIC design, or electromagnetics.
  • Experience with phased arrays, either at the system level or on a component.
  • Familiarity with HFSS, antenna design and simulation, high-power GaN power amplifiers, VNA, signal generators, anechoic chamber testing, and EMI/EMC.
  • A record of shipped products or hands-on hardware projects.
  • Eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $175,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Hawthorne, United States.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 125 open in Client Roles. 125 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (70 of 125), LLM (46 of 125), TypeScript (41 of 125), React (37 of 125), Machine Learning (34 of 125), AWS (32 of 125), JavaScript (22 of 125)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on True Talent Solutions Partners's own job board.

Posting history

Reposted once since 31 October 2026: a posting for this role in Hawthorne (United States) was taken down and the role was posted again.

  • 6 November 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 31 October 2026 – closed 3 November 2026

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