About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Googles parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If youre ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Senior RF Hardware Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering Team team based in Palo Alto. The ideal candidate has a passion for elegant hardware, demonstrated knowledge of industry best practices, and the ability to deliver results as part of a dynamic, cross-functional team.
What You’ll Do:
- Define architecture, specification, design and test boards for innovative unmanned aviation applications.Design and optimize best in class RF system solutions including cellular technologies (LTE, UMTS), WLAN, BT, ADS-B, and GPS.
- Design for volume manufacturing and support factory engineers from prototyping to product launch. Be responsible for PCB design and antenna placement for optimal RF performance.
- Collaborate with other engineers in design verification, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and optimization to measure and reduce EMI/EMC and RF desense.
- Collaborate with policy and regulatory stakeholders to ensure product compliance and certification
What You’ll Need:
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in RF or electromagnetics, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience designing RF solutions for consumer or aerospace electronics
- Experience with board design, board bring-up, desense mitigation, experience with factory processes and manufacturing
- Experience using common RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, protocol and signaling testers) and/or antenna chambers. The ability to use the test equipment in a hands-on lab environment.
- Strong RF design experience, board-level and firmware debug skills, and familiarity with schematic creation and PCB design.
- Hands on experience and knowledge of RF design in aerospace products.
- Familiarity with simulation tools and/or circuit simulation capability such as ADS, scripting and automation tools for data collection/analysis.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements (FCC, IC, CE, etc.), carrier specifications, 3GPP, 3GPP2, and their respective certification process.
- Knowledge of different wireless communication systems such as UMTS/LTE, 802.11, Bluetooth, GPS, etc.
- Strong technical communication/presentation skills and attention to detail.
The US base salary for this full-time position is the salary below + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary details during the hiring process.
Salary
$189,000—$220,000 USD
Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wings policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
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