RF Hardware Design and Test Engineer
RF Hardware Design and Test Engineer
Would you like to experience the thrill of working from the ground up on a first-generation product? Are you passionate about delivering the optimum design for multiple customers? Do you seek a position where your accomplishments matter? oneNav is building a next generation GNSS receiver that will shake up the industry.
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Employment type: Full-time
About The Role
We are looking for a RF Design and Test Engineer to help support hardware integration and testing of custom GNSS receivers built by oneNav. The HW team delivers compact prototype systems and modules for ruggedized high-performance GNSS solutions, utilizing oneNav’s custom silicon. As a member of a small group of highly experienced RF, Digital HW, and GNSS software developers you’ll meet exciting challenges and provide high-impact solutions to various internal and external customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing RF/microwave circuits and systems integrating oneNav’s custom silicon GNSS receiver
- Designing experiments to analyze and improve receiver sensitivity and interference immunity
- Designing test and customer evaluation PCBs
- Performing various tests of receiver hardware (both RF and digital)
- Configuration and operation of test equipment
- Writing automation software (scripts) using test hardware APIs
- Debugging/Bringup of RF/analog and mixed signal hardware
Required Qualifications
- BS in EE, CS, or equivalent
- 3+ years of RF Hardware R&D Engineer experience
- 3+ years of Python programming language
- Solid experience with lab equipment, RF Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Digital Oscilloscopes, etc.
- Good analytical ability and problem-solving skills and Customer-orientation
- Ability to think independently while also being a solid team player
Preferred Qualifications
- MSEE
- Altium or similar schematic capture and layout EDA tool
- Knowledge of RF receiver impairments (phase noise, nonlinearity, IQ imbalance etc)
- Solid knowledge of Python, matlab or C/C++ programming
- Knowledge of Xilinx FPGA development tools (XSDK, Vitis).
- Integration experience of high volume RF/microwave or similar high-speed mixed-signal silicon.
- R&D or prototype development of PCBs for high-volume mobile wireless, wearables, and IoT applications
- Experience with GNSS receiver technology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What We Offer
- A multicultural, international team and a collaborative, flat culture
- Project-based global work and exposure to cutting-edge L5-direct™ GNSS and AI technologies
- A true start-up environment with innovation time, fast decision-making, and direct access to leadership
- Career growth through regular development discussions, training, and high-visibility opportunities
- Hybrid work, flexible hours, and a remote-friendly, trust-based work style
- Competitive compensation with stock options to share in oneNav’s long-term success
- Startup-style perks, team events, and a friendly, supportive environment
About The Team
oneNav is powered by a world-class group of GNSS innovators and engineers, bringing together leading talent from industry giants such as Qualcomm, Apple, Intel, SnapTrack, SiRF, and Trimble. Our team members have spent decades advancing the state of satellite navigation and mobile technology, contributing deep expertise in GNSS system architecture, multipath mitigation, advanced signal processing, ASIC development, and modern AI/ML techniques. Collectively, our engineers have authored more than 200 patents throughout their careers, underscoring a long history of driving breakthrough innovation in positioning technologies.
Backed by top-tier investors—including Norwest Ventures, GSR Ventures, and Google Ventures—oneNav combines technical excellence with strong industry support.
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