[Hiring] Hardware Engineer - RF Specialist @Mercor

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
• 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.
• Preferred:
• Experience with companies that design and manufacture physical hardware products.

Company Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.