RF Hardware Engineer II at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS – Chandler, Arizona

Job Title:                    RF Hardware Engineer II

Department:             Engineering->Platforms->FPGA SoC Group

Reports To:                HW CCA and L-band Manager

FLSA Status:              Exempt

Last Modified:          9/10/2025

Level: T2

Location:                    Chandler, AZ – Onsite 5 Days a week

Company Overview

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success. With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world’s most innovative communications solutions. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com. 
 
We’re seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures, and systems; playing a key role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply.

 
Position Summary

The RF Hardware Engineer II will be responsible for designing radio frequency (RF) and intermediate frequency (IF) elements of next generation satellite modems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document RF hardware designs including:
  • L-band intermediate frequency design integrated on PCBs

• Schematics design and layout
• Component selection
• System bring-up performance testing and optimization
• High-speed PCB trace signal integrity simulation and analysis

• Utilize strong communication skills to effectively work and communicate with team members and engineering management.

Qualifications

• Understand the architecture and design tradeoffs impacting wireless communications, such as noise figure, phase noise, spurious, harmonics, flatness, and adjacent channel interference.
• Strong L-band design experience. Higher frequencies desirable
• Experience with amplifiers, local oscillators, filters, impedance matching, ADC, DAC interfaces, as well as quadrature and direct RF modulation and demodulation
• RF schematic and layout
• RF circuit simulation tools, and PCB trace signal integrity modeling (ADS, Genesys, Spice, etc.)
• Use of laboratory measurement tools (spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, vector network analyzer, source signal analyzer, etc.)
• RF Board bring-up and debugging
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-disciplinary, cross functional and matrixed teams

Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge with SATCOM waveforms and satellite communications
• Working knowledge of L-band interface standards and WGS modem / terminal certification requirements
• Phase noise measurement and analysis
• RF Isolation / EMI mitigation experience

• Possess an active DoD clearance or demonstrate readiness to obtain one

Education

• Bachelors or Master Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related degree).

Experience

• 3+ years of RF design experience.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.