Senior RF/EMC Engineer

The posting, as Alarm.com wrote it

Alarm.com is a rapidly expanding technology company developing innovative cloud and device solutions across a wide range of cutting-edge technologies that provide a unified, connected service to millions of residential and commercial properties in the US and abroad. We are looking for a talented and passionate senior RF/EMC engineer to join the Device Engineering team and help us define the future of the Internet-of-Things for residential and commercial properties by creating and integrating devices including security panels, networking gateways, and video cameras. You will be working with a team of talented engineers across a diverse set of technological backgrounds to design devices, build and manufacture hardware, architect and implement software, and collaborate in an agile and fast-paced environment.

You will own the RF design and EMC compliance of multi-radio devices at our Tysons, Virginia headquarters: cellular (LTE, Cat-M, NB-IoT, RedCap), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, and sub-GHz radios in security cameras, panels, sensors, and life-safety devices, often in small plastic enclosures next to cameras and switching power supplies. You will also mentor junior RF/EMC engineers on the team.

Responsibilities

• Own the RF design and performance of assigned products, from requirements through certification and production.
• Design, select, and place antennas; design matching networks; and define RF layout, keepouts, and front-end circuits with the hardware and mechanical teams.
• Apply low-EMI design practices with the hardware team and lead RF/EMC schematic and layout reviews to catch risks before layout release.
• Evaluate and resolve receiver desense and coexistence between collocated radios and platform noise sources.
• Troubleshoot EMI and EMC failures to root cause and deliver fixes proven on hardware.
• Run antenna and EMI simulations to prevent failures and to debug them.
• Write RF performance and EMC compliance test plans; drive products through regulatory and carrier certification and work directly with test laboratories.
• Mentor junior RF/EMC engineers, review their results, and improve the team's design guidelines and test methods.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with others to ensure the timely delivery of projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with a focus on RF, microwave, or electromagnetics.
• 5+ years of RF and EMC design experience on wireless products, including designs you owned that shipped and passed regulatory certification.
• RF front-end and antenna design for compact products: antenna selection or design, multi-band impedance matching, placement, keepouts, and RF PCB layout.
• Low-EMI hardware design: stackup, grounding, return paths, filtering, shielding, and high-speed and switching-supply layout practices.
• Diagnosed and fixed receiver desense from platform noise or collocated radios, with the sens

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The base salary range of this opportunity is listed below and is determined within a range based on factors including qualifications, location and experience. This allows opportunity for growth and development within the role. The base salary offered is part of a total compensation package.

Base Salary Range
$145,000 — $155,000 USD