Principal Electronic Engineer (RF) - Beaverton, OR, United States
MKS Instruments
Beaverton, OR, United States
6 days ago
Manufacturing & Equipment Engineering
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Support complex RF and electrical subsystems used in advanced industrial equipment.
About the role
As a Principal Electronic Engineer (RF), you will strengthen RF design, measurement, troubleshooting, and system-integration capability for complex RF and electrical subsystems.
What you'll do
- Serve as a senior technical resource for RF/high-frequency subsystem design, integration, validation, and troubleshooting.
- Turn early R&D ideas into practical subsystem approaches, prototypes, requirements, experiments, validation plans, or proof-of-concept hardware.
- Provide hands-on electrical engineering support across product development, integration, validation, manufacturing, service, and sustaining activities.
- Influence technical direction by guiding tradeoffs, test strategies, validation methods, and design reviews.
What you'll need
- Strong RF engineering judgment to guide architecture, troubleshooting, measurement, and system-integration decisions for high-frequency subsystems.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree or equivalent, with 8 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex, open-ended hardware problems hands-on with a team using data, experiments, and engineering judgment.
- Ability to build productive cross-functional relationships, communicate technical tradeoffs clearly, and share knowledge.
Nice to have
- High-frequency/RF design, troubleshooting, measurement, controls, or system integration experience.
- Hands-on debug of complex electrical, system-level, or advanced industrial equipment problems.
- Experience turning early technical ideas into practical experiments, prototypes, requirements, or validation approaches.
- Broader electrical engineering experience such as analog, mixed-signal, controls, power, cabling, interconnects, sensors, motion, or electro-mechanical integration.
Skills: RF engineering, high-frequency subsystems, electrical engineering, product development, system integration