Careers at AR Modular RF

Located in the Seattle/Bothell area, AR Modular RF (ARM), has an exciting opportunity for a select candidate, with a strong background in RF, to join our team serving as an RF Test Technician in testing, troubleshooting, and building both medium and high-powered RF amplifiers between the frequencies of 100KHz to 6 GHz.  Join a leader in the design and manufacture of radio amplifiers that serve custom high-niche, low-volume markets including military, government, industrial, medical, and scientific. 

Responsibilities:

• Support Engineering with verification testing of current amplifier designs, and the development of future amplifier designs, and provide feedback
• Perform the following:
  • testing, troubleshooting, and repairs on current and future development of RF amplifiers
  • troubleshooting down to component level
  • basic wire and power supply checking
  • pretests and programing on subassemblies as required
  • tuning of various RF filters using test equipment
  • final testing to ensure units conform to specification
• Maintain appropriate test documentation
• Work with a team of test technicians to support each other in both current and legacy designs
  
  

Basic Requirements:

• Associate degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school
• 3+ years experience
• RF experience strongly preferred
• Understand VSWR, power measurements including PEP
• Understand ON/OFF time and ON/OFF ratio.
• Conversant regarding dBM and Watts measurements
• Basic computer and MS Office skills
• Ability to use RF laboratory equipment to include DC power supplies, signal generators, network analyzers, power measurement devices, signal analyzers, pulse generators, and digital oscilloscopes
  
  

ARM offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including:

• Salary Range: $25.00 – $29.00/ hour
• Financial: 401k plan; profit sharing plan; discretionary bonus program based on company performance; company paid life insurance; disability and AD&D; voluntary benefits
• Employee Incentives: Tuition reimbursement; year-round employee events; gym reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: PTO program; company paid holidays
• Health: Medical, dental, vision; Health Savings Account (HSA) or Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) with generous employer contribution; EAP; telemedicine plan
  
  

ARM is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.  We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including disability and vets. 

Visit us at www.arworld.us.  Send resumes with salary requirements to [email protected], or fax (866)743-3838.

Located in the Seattle area, AR Modular RF designs and manufactures RF amplifiers.  We have an exciting opportunity for an engineer to assist in firmware design and development of new products.  If you would like to be part of an energetic team developing cutting-edge communication technologies with a strong focus on new product development, please apply.

Responsibilities:

• Help develop embedded system solutions for new products
• Implement the embedded design between RF/analog and digital/embedded systems, creating firmware and software for embedded digital platforms that monitor and control RF amplifier systems
• Assist in the design of software/firmware subsystems by selecting components, performing simulations, schematic capture, design reviews, overseeing PCB layout, and defining test requirements
• Conduct experiments and tests to evaluate components and subsystems and verify design performance
• Develop technical reports and documentation for specific task outcomes and assist in data-driven decisions

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 2-5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with multiple processor, microcontroller, and FPGA platforms
• Knowledge of change order process, reviews, and execution
• Embedded C/C++ applications (bare metal and embedded OS)
• FPGA development (VHDL or similar)
• Microcontroller PIC/Assembly
• Digital Circuit Design, including ADC and DAC
• Common embedded protocols; I2C, SPI, UART
• Strong written & verbal communications skills
• Proficient with the MS Office suite of products

Additional Desired Qualifications:  Experience in physical layer RF and communication systems

• Proven ability in analyzing root cause, complex design debugging, and independent problem solving with minimal guidance
• Experience with graphical user interfaces (GUI screens/buttons)
• Familiarity with: Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS or similar, Microsemi Libero SoC Design Suite, Python, PADS schematic and PCB or similar, Git and revision control, LabVIEW, LVGL

ARM offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including:

• Salary Range: $90,000 – $115,000
• Financial: 401k plan; profit sharing plan; discretionary bonus program based on company performance; company paid life insurance; disability and AD&D; voluntary benefits
• Employee Incentives: Tuition reimbursement; year-round employee events; gym reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: PTO program; company paid holidays
• Health: Medical, dental, vision; Health Savings Account (HSA) or Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) with generous employer contribution; EAP; telemedicine plan

ARM is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.  We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including disability and vets. 

Visit us at www.arworld.us.  Send resumes with salary requirements to [email protected], or fax (866)743-3838.