Staff RF/Microwave Applications Engineer

JOB SUMMARY

As an RF/Microwave Staff Applications Engineer at Marki Microwave, you will join a highly technical and collaborative team supporting engineers designing the next generation of advanced microwave systems. Your core responsibility will be to help customers successfully integrate Marki products by providing architectural guidance, performing block diagram analysis, and developing subsystem-level reference designs. 

You will work closely with customers to understand their design goals and recommend optimal component-level solutions using simulation tools, bench measurements, and your own systems-level insight. You'll also create and present technical reports, application notes, and other customer-facing collateral to support design-in efforts and expand Marki’s technical thought leadership. 

Beyond direct customer support, you will help lead internal efforts to maintain and enhance the accuracy, accessibility, and strategic messaging of our product documentation and online tools. 

This role is ideal for an RF/microwave system or subsystem designer—especially one with prior hands-on experience using components such as mixers, amplifiers, switches, baluns, or filters—who is now seeking a customer-facing, commercially-oriented engineering position. You will report to the VP of Applications Engineering and work closely with our engineering, sales, and marketing teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze system block diagrams—including receivers, tuners, synthesizers, RF front ends, and frequency converters—to recommend complete Marki component solutions that align with customer performance goals.
• Design and document reference subsystems for common application areas such as electronic warfare, radar, test and measurement, satellite communications, and high-performance RF links.
• Simulate RF subsystems using commercial software (e.g., Keysight ADS, Microwave Office, HFSS), and assist customers in developing and troubleshooting their own simulations. Maintain and distribute accurate simulation models and libraries for Marki components.
• Collaborate with product and reliability engineering teams to define, validate, and communicate product performance data, reliability thresholds, and production test limits.
• Deliver technical training to internal teams—including sales, junior engineers, and marketing—to ensure a consistent understanding of application best practices and product capabilities.
• Provide feedback to Sales, Marketing, and Design teams to inform the product roadmap, drawing on insights from customer use cases and emerging industry needs.
• Engage with customers through virtual meetings, on-site visits, and live demonstrations to propose and validate subsystem-level design solutions.
• Author and publish high-quality whitepapers, application notes, and technical briefs that illustrate the value and use of Marki products in real-world systems.
• Execute and interpret advanced RF/microwave measurements, including S-parameters, conversion loss, noise figure and temperature, gain compression, harmonic and intermodulation distortion, spurious generation, and transient response.
• Support customer inquiries by replicating measurement setups and troubleshooting complex system-level issues such as spurious signals, linearity, noise performance, and compression behavior.
• Manage technical priorities and report regularly to the VP of Applications Engineering on status, roadblocks, and opportunities.
• Actively promote an ethical, collaborative, and customer-focused engineering culture.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• 3-5 years of experience working directly with RF/microwave products.
• This role will require access to access information controlled under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR §§ 730-780),and likely the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, 22 CFR §§ 120-130), and so applicants for this position must be one of a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or other Protected Individual (as defined under 8 USC § 1324b(a)(3)).

 TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Proven experience designing RF/microwave subsystems—such as up/downconverters, switched filter banks, or front-end modules—using Marki and competitor components for aerospace, defense, or test and measurement applications.
• Proficiency with system-level simulation tools such as Keysight SystemVue, Genesys, VSS, ADS, Microwave Office, or similar platforms.
• Deep familiarity with component-level design using mixers, amplifiers, switches, filters, couplers, and other RF/microwave building blocks.
• Strong interest in transitioning into or growing within a customer-facing, commercially-oriented applications role, with a focus on winning design-ins and solving real-world system challenges.
• Hands-on experience operating RF and microwave test equipment including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, oscilloscopes, and other standard lab instruments.
• Experience in microelectronics prototyping, including surface mount assembly and/or working with bare die components, is preferred.
• Familiarity with mechanical drafting tools, with AutoCAD experience considered a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively—both verbally and in writing—with internal teams and external customers.
• Ability to collaborate as a team player in a cross-functional environment that includes engineering, sales, and marketing.
• Experience developing internal tools (e.g., software or script-based utilities for data management or simulation) is a plus.
• A strong commitment to hands-on engineering and a proactive, ethics-driven team mentality..

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