Radio Frequency System Engineer

Radio Frequency System Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, India

Type: Full time

Job Summary

ULOOK is seeking an experienced RF System Engineer to design, analyze and validate high-performance spaceborne RF sensing systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in RF front-end design, antenna selection and integration, system noise figure analysis, sensitivity estimation, SDR-based development and link budget calculations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, simulate and analyze RF front-end architectures for space-based sensing applications.
• Develop RF front-end architectures for SDR receiver, transmitter and transceiver systems.
• Perform RF chain analysis, including gain planning, noise figure budgeting, sensitivity calculation and dynamic range estimation.
• Design and review RF PCB layouts with attention to impedance control, grounding, shielding and component placement.
• Select, evaluate and integrate antennas for communication, sensing and direction-finding applications.
• Conduct link budget analysis for various operational ranges and deployment conditions.
• Work with SDR platforms for prototyping, signal capture and system validation.
• Characterize and optimize RF performance using spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators and related RF test equipment.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, FPGA and system teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Debug RF issues related to spurious responses, interference, sensitivity degradation and noise coupling.
• Prepare design documentation, test reports and support design reviews.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication, RF, Microwave or related field.
• 4 - 6 years of experience in RF system design, integration and validation.
• Strong understanding of RF front-end design.
• Proficiency in RF design/simulation tools.
• Good knowledge of antennas, antenna matching and integration.
• Expertise in noise figure, sensitivity, gain and link budget analysis.
• Familiarity with SDR systems and RF signal processing.
• Understanding of impedance matching, S-parameters, return loss, insertion loss and isolation.
• Experience with RF test and measurement equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimize real-world RF systems.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in Communication, RF, Microwave or related field.
• Experience with software-defined RF systems.
• Hands-on experience with RF PCB design and layout best practices.
• Experience in direction finding, geolocation or radar systems.
• Familiarity with LNA, mixers, filters, attenuators and PLLs.
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI mitigation techniques.
• Experience with multi-channel synchronization and phase-coherent systems.
• Exposure to embedded Linux, FPGA-based SDR platforms or RFSoC based systems.

Why Join ULOOK

• Collaborate with a globally experienced core team from aerospace and defense domains.
• Opportunity to build next-generation embedded systems for real-time space intelligence.