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As a Microwave Engineer, you will be a key part of Reach’s RF engineering team and develop state of the art systems that are integral to Reach’s wireless power beaming capability. Your technical know-how and innovation skills are key to designing cutting edge products in a fast-paced environment. You will contribute to design, simulation and implementation of power amplifiers and other components and subsystems at microwave frequencies. As an engineer in a small company, you will have a great deal of agency over your work, plenty of opportunity to discover and solve new challenges, and the ability to make large-impact decisions.\nKey Position Responsibilities\nContribute to the design, simulation and implementation of distributed-element components.\nContribute to the integration with antenna, and antenna arrays.\nDesign and implement high efficiency power amplifiers at high frequency from 5GHz to 24GHz.\nDrive the investigation, study, and introduction of new components and subsystems.\nCollaborate with PM/Mechanical/RF/EE teams for system level design, integration and testing.\nCollaborate with other engineers to perform system bring up, troubleshooting and system test.\nProduct design documentation using Reach PLM system.\nSupport certification and regulatory testing. Support field testing.\nWrite validation test plans for mmWave components and system level evaluation.\nQualifications\nMS degree in electrical or RF engineering (PhD preferred).\n10+ years of experience as a microwave engineer or equivalent.\nExpert with EM simulation software (HFSS and HFSS SBR+), CST, and circuit simulation tools, such as Keysight ADS.\nHands on experience using spectrum analyzer, VNA, signal generator, oscilloscope, and logic analyzer.\nFluent with PCB layout techniques for distributed-element components implementation.\nExperience is developing hardware and testing for some or all of the following: Bluetooth, BLE, Wi-Fi, RF to DC power conversion.\nHands on experience debugging in the lab. Defining a test process and executing it with minimal supervision.\nAbility to work cross-functionally.\nIn-depth understanding of safety EMI and EMC compliance and certification.\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills.\nAbility to communicate effectively complex concepts.\nResults- and deadline- driven.\nAble to work independently with little direction and drive others.\nTakes great pride and ownership in developing products.\nNice-To-Haves\nExperience with designing high efficiency PAs and/or RF rectifiers\nExperience developing microwave distributed-element components.\nHands-on experience with bring up and troubleshooting of high-power microwave chains and beam forming steering systems.\nExperience with python and/or MatLab.\nKnowledge of regulatory requirements (FCC, etc.).\nExperience achieving FCC regulatory approval.\nExperience with design for manufacturability.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2978,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Robotics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-10T21:29:35Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":8,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":170000,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.395,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":281,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":260000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/reach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/reach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T16:10:35Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4247,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":173881},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=173881"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Freach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Freach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Freach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/reach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Freach-staff-rf-microwave-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":660513}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"reachpower.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":660513},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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