r/rfengineering

Hey everyone, I recently got an on-campus offer as an RF Radar Engineer at a startup. I'm currently finishing up my M.Tech in RF Design from a Tier-1 college. The new job is mostly focused on the passive devices side, but I really want to switch over to RFIC design in the future. The catch is, I don't have a lot of background in RFIC yet.

How should I balance this job while preparing for an RFIC transition? I would really appreciate a complete roadmap—specifically, what core subjects I need to learn and what kind of hands-on projects I should add to my CV.

We are a electronics company looking for an experienced PCB designer for a compact, high frequency RF board.

The project involves:

• Multi-channel RF front-end using analog devices transceivers

• Artix-7 FPGA as the digital backend

• Controlled impedance, mixed-signal, multi-layer stackup

• L-band operation

What we need:

• Schematic design and PCB layout (we will provide the reference design and component selection)

• Stackup design with proper RF/digital isolation

• BGA fanout for both the FPGA and RF transceivers

• SI/PI analysis

• Gerber and fabrication-ready outputs

Must-haves:

• Prior experience with RF SDR based board layout

• FPGA BGA fanout experience (Xilinx 7-series or equivalent)

• Familiarity with high frequency PCB materials and controlled impedance design

• Altium or Cadence Allegro

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with SDR platforms (PlutoSDR, FMCOMMS, USRP, etc.)

This is a paid engagement with potential for ongoing work across multiple board variants. Please share relevant portfolio work when reaching out.

DM or comment if interested.