What are the responsibilities and job description for the RF Test Engineer (RF/OTA) position at OSI Engineering?
RF Test Engineer (RF/OTA)
We are seeking a highly motivated RF Test Engineer to join our hardware reliability and validation team. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience running over-the-air (OTA) and RF tests, performing conducted station testing, and characterizing complex datasets. Having some background in automation or coding for analyzing data.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and document RF and OTA reliability tests, including:
- RF performance and sensitivity testing
- Must be able to analyze data and determine whether signals are passing, failing, or showing abnormal behavior
- Test various units and test stations to understand the root cause of failures, whether software- or hardware-related.
- Chamber-based OTA testing
- Stress and aging tests under various conditions
- Perform conducted station testing (wired RF measurements) to characterize device performance at the RF front-end and system level.
- Ability to develop scripts or tools (e.g., Python or MATLAB) to automate data processing or test tasks.
- Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, RF setups, and test equipment issues during execution.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate failures and drive corrective actions.
- Prepare clear test reports and summaries for engineering teams and leadership.
- Continuous improvement of reliability test methods, RF/OTA test coverage, and data workflows.
- Design and run long-term reliability test campaigns under temperature, power cycling, and some other stress conditions.
- Clean, process, and characterize data, support performing statistical analysis and trend identification.
Minimum Qualifications
- 2 years of experience in reliability testing, RF/OTA testing, or hardware validation.
- Hands-on experience with RF test equipment (spectrum, analyzers, and signal generators, VNAs, power meters) and OTA chambers.
- Experience with conducted station testing for RF characterization.
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and summarize complex datasets.
- Strong technical communication and documentation skills.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Physics, or related technical field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, UWB, or GNSS wireless technologies.
- Familiarity with statistical tools or data libraries (pandas, NumPy, SciPy, JMP, R).
- Understanding of test automation frameworks and lab equipment control (GPIB/LAN/USB).
- Strong collaboration, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
Type: Full time
Location: San Jose, CA (may work remote depending the projects)
Pay Rate: $56-$66
Submit resumes to jobs@OSIengineering.com
Salary : $56 - $66