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We are looking for a talented and passionate senior RF/EMC engineer to join the Device Engineering team and help us define the future of the Internet-of-Things for residential and commercial properties by creating and integrating devices including security panels, networking gateways, and video cameras. You will be working with a team of talented engineers across a diverse set of technological backgrounds to design devices, build and manufacture hardware, architect and implement software, and collaborate in an agile and fast-paced environment.\nYou will own the RF design and EMC compliance of multi-radio devices at our Tysons, Virginia headquarters: cellular (LTE, Cat-M, NB-IoT, RedCap), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, and sub-GHz radios in security cameras, panels, sensors, and life-safety devices, often in small plastic enclosures next to cameras and switching power supplies. You will also mentor junior RF/EMC engineers on the team.\nResponsibilities:\nOwn the RF design and performance of assigned products, from requirements through certification and production.\nDesign, select, and place antennas; design matching networks; and define RF layout, keepouts, and front-end circuits with the hardware and mechanical teams.\nApply low-EMI design practices with the hardware team and lead RF/EMC schematic and layout reviews to catch risks before layout release.\nEvaluate and resolve receiver desense and coexistence between collocated radios and platform noise sources.\nTroubleshoot EMI and EMC failures to root cause and deliver fixes proven on hardware.\nRun antenna and EMI simulations to prevent failures and to debug them.\nWrite RF performance and EMC compliance test plans; drive products through regulatory and carrier certification and work directly with test laboratories.\nMentor junior RF/EMC engineers, review their results, and improve the team's design guidelines and test methods.\nCommunicate effectively and collaborate with others to ensure the timely delivery of projects.\nOther duties as assigned. \nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with a focus on RF, microwave, or electromagnetics.\n5+ years of RF and EMC design experience on wireless products, including designs you owned that shipped and passed regulatory certification.\nRF front-end and antenna design for compact products: antenna selection or design, multi-band impedance matching, placement, keepouts, and RF PCB layout.\nLow-EMI hardware design: stackup, grounding, return paths, filtering, shielding, and high-speed and switching-supply layout practices.\nDiagnosed and fixed receiver desense from platform noise or collocated radios, with the sensitivity loss quantified before and after.\nRoot-caused and fixed radiated and conducted emissions and immunity failures using near-field probes, current probes, and spectrum analysis.\nElectromagnetic simulation with Ansys HFSS, SIwave, or equivalent tools, used to drive design decisions.\nWorking knowledge of FCC, ISED, and CE/RED requirements, and experience writing RF and EMC test plans.\nUnderstanding of the cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and sub-GHz protocol stacks and how they affect RF testing and coexistence.\nExpert use of VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, cellular and Wi-Fi communication testers, and anechoic chamber OTA systems.\nExplains trade-offs clearly to hardware, mechanical, firmware, and program teams; has mentored or wants to mentor junior engineers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering with an RF, microwave, or electromagnetics focus.\nCarrier and industry certification (PTCRB, operator OTA TRP/TIS requirements).\nBattery-powered or low-power wireless devices; cameras or other products with high-speed digital interfaces next to radios.\nSchematic capture and PCB layout in Altium.\nPython automation of RF measurements and data analysis, including with AI-assisted tools.\nPlease note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.\nWHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?\nCollaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.\nMake an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!\nGain well rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.\nCommunity and Camaraderie: One of our core values is to 'Keep It Fun,' which to us means fostering a strong sense of community. Our culture is built on collaboration and connection, where we celebrate our successes and believe that a positive, engaging environment is key to doing our best work.\nAlarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.\nCOMPANY INFO\nAlarm.com is the leading platform for intelligently connected properties. Millions of homeowners and businesses rely on Alarm.com 's technology to secure, monitor, and manage their environments from anywhere. Our comprehensive suite of solutions-including security, video surveillance, access control, active shooter detection, intelligent automation, energy management, and wellness-is delivered exclusively through a trusted network of thousands of professional service providers and commercial integrators across North America and worldwide. Alarm.com 's common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. Alarm.com delivers serious security for serious people.\nFor more information, please visit www.alarm.com.\nCOMPANY BENEFITS\nOur total rewards package is designed to support you holistically-in your health, your finances, and your life outside of work. The package includes medical plans with company subsidies, a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution, and a 401(k) with an employer match. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with paid vacation that increases with tenure, paid holidays, wellness time, and paid maternity and bonding leave. To complete the package, we also provide company-paid disability and life insurance, all within a collaborative and casual work environment.\nAlarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nIn connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you (\"Personal Information\"). The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may retain some of the personal data that you provide in your application for our internal operations such as managing our recruitment system and ensuring that we comply with labor laws and regulations even after we have made our employment decision.\nNotice To Third Party Agencies:\nAlarm.com understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. 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