Senior RF Engineer
Gridware
Other Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 29, 2025
About Gridware
Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.
Role Description
Wireless Engineers should have a broad-based knowledge in aspects RF architecture, design, integration and manufacturing. They have deep theoretical and practical knowledge in one or more areas of electromagnetic theory, RF and Wireless circuit design, communication theory, and product design trade-off. They use electromagnetic and system simulation, hands on prototyping, test and measurement to understand complex system and sub-system interactions, implications to product level design, and manufacturing trade-offs to enable mass production.
Responsibilities
- Bring-up experience and take to production state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication systems
- Designing and simulating wireless communication systems for very low power applications
- Link Budget Modeling
- Experience in integration of wireless technologies such as cellular, GPS, WiFi, BLE, LoRa and mesh technologies
- Terrestrial and satellite communications
- Strong collaborator, with ability to build strong relationships both within and outside the team
Required Skills
- BSEE with 10+ yrs experience in RF Systems Design and Debug
- Working with antenna houses and cert labs
- RF manufacturing line testing and fixtures
- Radio desense/CoEx testing
- RF certification and compliance (PTCRB, EMI, etc), RF lab setup and RF performance analysis.
- Experience working with RF silicon vendors, collaboration with EE, ME, FW
Bonus Skills
- Antenna design
- Previous experience with RF Silicon vendors
- Collaboration with EE, ME and FW
This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits
Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
Paid parental leave
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Commuter allowance
Company-paid training