
RF Engineer III (5252)
Kansas City, MOJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The RF Engineer III performs electromagnetic simulation, RF measurements, antenna design and testing, and development of custom RF boards and enclosures. The role includes troubleshooting RF, radar, and electromagnetic components, selecting RF components and suppliers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position requires U.S. citizenship for DOE clearance, a relevant bachelor's degree, and four or more years of relevant experience; on-site work and travel are expected.
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Duties and Responsibilities - Performs routine application of electromagnetic simulation tools, RF measurements and good grounding on large level system concepts on projects through completion. - Designs antennas, selects manufacturing process and tests their design concepts antenna. - Deep knowledge and experience with designing and evaluating electromagnetic solutions using tools such as Altium, CST and other RF simulation tools and apply to the job. - Experience with designing and evaluating electromagnetic solutions using tools such as Altium, CST and other RF simulation tools and apply to the job. - Understand RF equipment settings and capable of determining automation processes using software such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, or Python. Capable of designing custom RF boards and enclosures to meet specs and connect to hardware. Background testing and developing test suites using in Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM). - Capable of troubleshooting RF, radar and electromagnetic components development and production design failures and make suggestions that yield improvements These components include custom RFIC and packaging. - Work in cross-functional teams. These other disciplines may include mechanical engineering, quality, inspection and analytical labs to ensure product maturation and quality. - Experience selecting RF components from vendors to compare and contrast fundamental metrics such as return loss, insertion loss, decibel and linear for amplification, saturation points (P1 dB), frequency range, noise figure and others. - Capable of selecting suppliers and/or RF components from vendors to compare and contrast fundamental metrics such as return loss, insertion loss, decibel and linear for amplification, saturation points (P1 dB), frequency range, noise figure and others. ## You Must Have - U.S. Citizenship to obtain and maintain DOE Clearance - Bachelor of Science degree from an ABET accredited Electrical Engineering program or Physics program, or related field of study - Four or more years of relevant experience ## We Value - Masters degree specializing in Antenna, RF or electromagnetics preferred - The engineer is expected to understand the following concepts in theory and have experience in multiple areas to applying practice: RF Propagation, transmission lines - Understands Smith Chart use and can perform simple matching - PCB schematic and layout tool - Antenna, Antenna arrays, RFIDs, phase array design and test - RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, power meter, LCR meter, oscilloscope, time domain reflectometer (TDR) - Load Pull systems - Transceiver design - Software defined radio prototyping and GNU Radio and/or other SDR tools - Digital signal processing - Signal conversion: DAC, ADC, PLL, DDS Filters - RF amplifiers: low noise, gain, power, wireless power - Radar and remote sensing - Communication protocols - Familiarity with High Power, >100W pulse radar system testing - RFIC design and simulation tools - Familiarity with RF hardware such as directional couplers, isolators, splitters, attenuators - Packaging and testing for airborne and space RF systems - Ability to write/modify custom scrips for automation including LabView, Python or other scripting languages This job description is not all-inclusive; additional duties may be assigned. Employees must maintain regular, reliable attendance, and be able to work on-site and travel as needed. What We Offer We are focused on attracting, hiring and retaining talented people who power our mission. Our robust total rewards package recognizes performance, fuels development and supports flexibility. Key features include: - Medical, dental and vision insurance - Health Sav ngs Account (HSA) - Industry leading 401(k) match - Generous paid time off - Flexible work schedule - Tuition Reimbursement - Professional Certification & License Programs - Mission driven culture Honeywell Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law. Bachelor of Science degree from an ABET accredited Electrical Engineering program or Physics program, or related field of study.
How this job compares
Set against the 703 open RF Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$121–195K/yr504 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 703 open RF Engineer jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; RF Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (592 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 429 of the 703 open RF Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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