# Principal R&D Engineer, RF & Impant Power

TITLE Sr. / Principal R&D Engineer, RF & Implant Power DATE November 2026 WORK LOCATION In-Office 5x/week in San Diego BASE SALARY RANGE $160k - $200k/yearAbout the Role We are seeking a Senior or Principal R&D Electrical Engineer to own the RF and power electronics of Synchron's next-generation implantable electronics, from concept through design verification. The role covers the implant's wireless telemetry links, including transceiver IC selection, RF board design, and antenna design within a hermetic implant and its external devices. It also owns the implant power system: the inductive power link, battery charging, and power management for a rechargeable implant, designed to thermal and safety limits within a medical device design-controls framework. Electromagnetic finite-element modeling, particularly in COMSOL Multiphysics, is central to the role: simulating antennas, coils, tissue heating, and SAR to drive design decisions ahead of hardware. FPGA and firmware are owned by dedicated engineers; this role partners closely with both and provides technical direction to external design partners. A Principal engineer also sets RF and power architecture across product generations a

- **Id**: 3888087
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/synchron-principal-rd-engineer-rf-impant-power>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T20:18:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T14:11:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4583
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biomedical Engineering, Neurotech & Neuromodulation

## Company

- **Id**: 63210
- **Name**: Synchron
- **Domain**: synchron.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/synchron>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 39
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **IEC 60601** — Optional: no
- **Ion Implantation** — Optional: no
- **ISO 14971** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **Embedded C** — Optional: yes
- **FDA 510(k)** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T20:18:43Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:8, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: no

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