iRF’s Digital Design Team is continuing to grow.  We added to the team in 2020 and are looking to do so again with this one-of-a-kind opportunity for a Digital Design Engineer.  If you are considering a move and looking to combine your extraordinary talents and experience with many of the best and brightest minds in the RF industry, continue reading.

Position Summary:

• As a problem-solving partner with our customers and coworkers, will participate in development of state-of-the-art, miniature microwave receivers for government and military applications.
• Consistently utilizes the ability to understand and interpret product-level requirements in order to work within a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to develop solutions that meet these requirements while adhering to agreed-upon cost and schedule targets.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Work with senior engineering staff to build, test, and deliver fully realized product designs
• Independently develop digital system/subsystem implementations for variety of products
• Participate in hardware/software integration efforts
• Identify development issues and escalate these to engineering staff as appropriate
• Work with other engineering disciplines in system- and subsystem-level product designs
• Develop and deliver review materials that communicate design plans to staff
• Provide technical support and estimates for sales and marketing activities
• Understand and comply with iRF engineering policies and processes
• Support corporate initiatives and flow down initiatives as directed
• ESD Awareness
• Other duties as required

 Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain security clearance
• Must be able to pass a drug test
• Must have experience in developing and implementing programmable logic/software architectures that meet customer and internal requirements
• Must possess an understanding of digital hardware designs including review of datasheets, working from schematics, and using other design artifacts
• Must have a strong background in programmable logic (VHDL) and digital design; experience in software development in C is required
• Experience developing for Xilinx FPGAs and use of Xilinx development toolchains is required
• This individual must be hands-on, decisive, and able to get things done in a small company environment

 Additional Qualifications:

• Experience developing for Linux and/or RTOS environments is desired
• Experience in development of embedded RF products is a plus
• Experience in schematic capture/hardware design is desired
• Candidate should be familiar with common development tools including compilers, debuggers, digital o-scopes, MS Office, Visio, and software configuration management/version control

 Competencies:

• Initiative
• Organizational Awareness
• RF Expertise
• Teamwork
• Analytical Thinking
• Ethical Practice
• Sense of Urgency