Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs and is seeking a Hardware Engineer - RF Specialist for contract work. The role applies hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to evaluate designs, workflows, troubleshooting approaches, and real-world hardware solutions, while identifying risks and developing engineering evaluation materials.
Responsibilities
- Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to complex engineering tasks
- Review and evaluate hardware designs, engineering workflows, and troubleshooting approaches
- Analyze design trade-offs, failure modes, and system-level engineering decisions
- Assess the technical correctness of solutions for real-world hardware problems
- Identify errors, missing assumptions, and potential design risks
- Develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, and evaluation criteria
Skills
- 5+ years of professional industry experience, including 3 years of recent hands-on experience in hardware development
- Direct experience as the responsible engineer for substantial hardware development workflows
- Expertise in RF systems, Power Electronics, Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, PCB Architecture, or Signal Integrity
- Strong understanding of engineering constraints like component selection and system integration
- Experience debugging hardware using laboratory equipment and simulation tools
- Ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs clearly
- Experience with companies that design and manufacture physical hardware products
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