RF Design Engineer III

At Benchmark, we are driven by our purpose: to innovate for a healthier, safer, and better-connected world to create a brighter future. When you join us, you become part of a team passionate about making a meaningful impact across various sectors, including commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next-generation communications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. We prioritize career growth, fostering a culture that ensures you reach your full potential. At Benchmark, your work is purpose-driven, enabling you to create a positive impact on the world and make your career truly meaningful. You'll be part of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive team that values your ideas and contributions.

Position Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Electrical Engineer with deep expertise in RF filter design. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in designing, testing, and troubleshooting RF/Microwave/mmWave components, with a strong focus on passive filter technologies (+5 years experience).

Key Qualifications and Skills:

• Extensive RF/Microwave/mmWave Design Experience:
  Proven track record in designing and debugging high-frequency components and systems.
• Expertise in Passive Filter Design:
  Proficient in LC, cavity, waveguide, ceramic dielectric resonator (DR), and microstrip filter types.
• Simulation Software Proficiency:
  Skilled in using industry-standard RF simulation tools such as CST, HFSS, Keysight Genesys, and ADS.
• Measurement and Testing Knowledge:
  Familiar with power and passive intermodulation (PIM) measurements and techniques.
• Prototype Troubleshooting:

Hands-on experience in diagnosing and resolving issues in prototype hardware.

• Customer Collaboration:
  Ability to work directly with customers to gather and interpret mechanical, electrical, and environmental design requirements.
• Travel Flexibility:

Willingness and ability to travel for customer visits and technical support and internationally to visit our site in Tijuana Mexico as needed.

• Security Clearance:

ActiveSecret Clearance is a strong plus.

Additional Responsibilities:
This role will work with cutting edge EW, Radar, and radio technologies for A&D, Medical, Industrial, and Telco applications. They'll be responsible for radio subsystem level analysis, modeling, and testing, coordinating design at the block or component level and ensuring compliance to subsystem level specifications.
Working with peers in the RF and High-Speed Design team, this person will:
* Be the voice of the customer: interpret customer specifications and perform the necessary analysis and simulations to guarantee full compliance.
* Identify emerging solutions that can be integrated into project designs early in the design cycle to enhance performance.
* Lead design reviews and oversee the project development while continuously optimizing for maximum specification margin through the entire design cycle.
Focus will be on linear and non-linear block level design or component selection, how each piece, along with the control and biasing circuitry, fit into the RF subsystem and interact with one another, all the while trying to push the edge of SWaP-C.

Other information:
Key Competencies:
* Hands-on RF/Microwave/mmWave design experience and testing/debugging of product designs and families included but are not limited to: Up / Down Converters, Switch Filter/Amplifier Assemblies, Sources & Synthesizers, Transceivers, Receiver Exciters, Hybrid Microelectronics, Integrated Multichip Modules, Monolithic / Hybrid / Discrete Components, Analog / Digital Control Electronics in the frequency range of DC-120 GHz.
* Looking for candidates with strength in amplifiers and low phase noise design. Chip and wire hybrid design using GaAs and GaN (Gallium Nitride).
* Experience with RX/TX cascade analysis, link budget analysis, and a working knowledge of RF impairments and their impact to system performance.
* Expertise in at least one circuit/system simulator and EM Solver tool: ADS, AWR, Genesys, MATLAB/Simulink, SystemVue, CST, HFSS, SONNET, FEKO, etc.
* Demonstrate a strong understanding of PCB design and fabrication methods to creatively and efficiently lead PCB design solutions for customers based on various applications and technologies.
* Experience preparing and delivering status presentations of debug investigations and design tradeoffs in a concise manner.
* Demonstrated leadership ability, team-building mindset, and ability to communicate complex ideas in an easy to understand manner.
* Experience mentoring RF entry level engineers, less experienced RF designers, and engineering interns.
* Must be self-motivated, flexible, and willing to "do what it takes" to get the job done.

Qualifications Include:

• Masters or PhD level Electrical Engineering Degree is preferred, with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on industry experience in radio building blocks or RF subsystem design.
• Must have a history of working cross-functionally with Mechanical, Digital, Process, Power Management, Software, PCB, Quality, and Test Engineering.
• Experience with space application designs and their corresponding qualification requirements is a plus.
• Experience with miniaturization techniques and packaging RF subsystems in a small envelope is a plus.
• Work experience with mmWave phased array antennas and beamforming techniques is a plus.
• Experience designing and implementing waveguide and high frequency RF coaxial connector transitions is a plus.

Education: Masters or PhD level Electrical Engineering Degree is preferred, with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on industry experience in radio building blocks or RF subsystem design.

Physical Location: Santa Ana, CA

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: M-F 0800-1700

Compensation Range: $108,446.76 to $139,625.00 USD Many factors are considered in compensation decisions, including but not limited to skills, certifications, licensures, experience, training, incumbent data, and other business needs.

Export Control: This job position may include access to controlled information or technology covered under applicable U.S. export control laws. As such, employment for this job position may be contingent on either verification that an applicant falls under the definition of a "U.S. Person" (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status)or on the Company timely obtaining any necessary export license required under federal laws. The Company evaluates such export license situations on a case-by-case basis and may decline to proceed with a job applicant in its sole discretion since export license applications can take many weeks to be processed.

In our innovative environment, you'll work with cutting-edge technology, leading the way in engineering design and delivering world-class manufacturing services for products that make a real difference in the lives of others. At Benchmark, your career is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to be part of something bigger, where your work matters and helps shape a brighter future for everyone. Together, we will achieve extraordinary things.

Benchmark is an equal opportunity employer. We are bringing together a diverse workforce with unique talents, life experiences, cultures, and perspectives to promote an innovative, collaborative, and creative place to work. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at careers@bench.com.