{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ca2d013af794dc01c19b65fb","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ca2d013af794dc01c19b65fb","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ca2d013af794dc01c19b65fb","title":"RF Engineer","description":"Founded in 1999, Access Laser is a leader in designing and manufacturing high-end CO2 lasers. We are a rapidly growing company, experiencing double-digit revenue growth in recent years. We provide leading-edge gas-discharge-excited laser technologies to global industries in the medical, semiconductor, electronic, manufacturing, and scientific development R&D markets. We focus on creative designs that match our customers’ applications and solve difficult problems with innovative solutions. We strive to provide a challenging and supportive environment where team members are encouraged to go beyond ordinary thinking and challenge the normal with the truly ingenious. Our team is our greatest asset and supporting their career development is the greatest investment we can make in our future.\nIn October 2017 we became a member of the TRUMPF Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of lasers and laser systems. Although we have retained the agility and flexibility of a small company, both our business and our employees now have access to new opportunities for growth.\nSummary of role:\nThis is a hands-on individual contributor role for an Electrical Engineer with comprehensive RF power experience to design high power (up to few kilowatts) RF power sources for molecular CO2 laser products. The successful candidate will take technical ownership for the full product life cycle of RF Source designs and provide production support for all our RF sources and electronics products working closely with all the appropriate cross-functional resources within the company and outside the company e.g. vendors, customers and other collaborators.\nWhat Success Looks Like:\nDevelop RF power designs that meet efficiency, stability, EMC, thermal, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements.\nTranslate product and system needs to clear RF specifications, design tradeoffs, test plans, and verification evidence.\nBring proof of concept and prototype designs through lab validation with disciplined measurement, documentation, and risk-based decision making.\nImprove RF design quality through practical failure analysis, clear design reviews, and reusable engineering knowledge.\nPrimary Duties:\nDesign, simulate, model, and validate RF, analog, and mixed mode circuits and systems, with a focus on high power RF amplifiers from 100 W to multi kilowatt levels in the 10s to 100s MHz range, matching networks, combiners, VSWR/protection circuits, power oscillators, and related CO2 laser subsystems.\nDevelop and own proof of concept and prototype designs, including requirements definition, circuit analysis and simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout guidance, lab bring up, troubleshooting, optimization, and documentation.\nAnalyze high power RF behavior in real operating conditions, including nonlinear amplifier behavior, impedance variation, plasma/load interaction, thermal constraints, layout parasitic, EMC behavior, and failure modes.\nTranslate product and system requirements into well-defined technical specifications, test plans, design review material, verification evidence, and risk mitigation plans.\nConduct RF measurements and validation using vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, directional couplers, RF loads, thermal instrumentation, and related RF measurement equipment.\nIdentify and resolve RF design challenges to improve efficiency, stability, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and long-term product performance.\nCollaborate with cross functional teams, including optical, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, service, suppliers, and customers, to support integration and successful product launches.\nContribute to technical documentation, design standards, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing that improve RF design rigor within the team.\nCore Job Requirements:\nM.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or B.Sc. with more than 7 years of relevant experience. Equivalent depth may be considered for candidates with strong RF design ownership and hands on product development experience. Demonstrated hands on ownership of RF power design through at least one meaningful lifecycle phase, such as concept development, prototype validation, product release, design continuity, or significant redesign.\nStrong understanding and practical application of circuit theory, RF power amplifier design, impedance matching, RF measurements, thermal constraints, layout parasitics, and high-power implementation limits.\nExperience with RF power amplifier topologies and practical implementation challenges, including Class E, Class F, inverse Class F, matching networks, device limitations, load sensitivity, and high-power RF measurement.\nAbility to independently investigate difficult technical problems, define an engineering approach, execute simulation and bench work, and communicate clear conclusions and recommendations.\nExperience with EDA tools for schematic capture and PCB layout, such as Altium.\nExperience with RF simulation software, such as ADS or AWR.\nWorking knowledge of designing and testing for EMC or similar regulatory requirements in high power electronic products.\nProficiency with lab test equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, and related RF measurement equipment.\nStrong interpersonal skills, with excellent written and verbal communication abilities and disciplined technical documentation.\nHighly Desirable Additional Skills/Experience:\nIn depth understanding of physical phenomena involved in high power and high frequency circuit design, including nonlinear behavior, thermal behavior, parasitic, and load dependent performance.\nExperience with RF driven lasers, CO2 laser systems, plasma loads, or other high power industrial RF applications.\nExperience taking an RF design from concept through qualification, release, or product lifecycle support.\nExperience debugging high power RF failures in the lab or in released products.\nExperience with microwave engineering concepts, including distributed circuits and transmission lines.\nFamiliarity with synthesizers, PLLs, mixers, switching power supplies, and other adjacent RF/analog building blocks.\nAbility to interact with suppliers and external partners to support product quality, component selection, compliance, and project execution.\nExperience using Product Lifecycle Management tools, such as Agile.\nCommitment to scientific rigor, technical documentation quality, knowledge sharing, and individual skills advancement within the company's technical team.\nWhy work for us\nAt our core, we are an idea company, which is driving expansion and tremendous revenue growth. We are customer driven and design application specific products which fit the individual needs of our customers. This requires highly motivated and dedicated teams. You will have the opportunity to be innovative in your work as we are constantly evolving our products and solving new problems with our customers. We owe our success to our people. We take great pride in investing in our team and strive to continually grow and improve our company and culture.\nWe love what we do. Our goal is to go above and beyond for each other and our customers. Our teams are creative, smart and talented, which makes each project exciting. You will have plenty of guidance and support to help us continue moving our impactful technology to the next level.\nTRUMPF, our parent company, shares the same core values, and supports both our team and our drive for continuous innovation in laser technology. We are proud to be part of one of the largest technology companies led by a woman.\nThings we love here:\nOpportunity to work in a state-of-the art facility.\nGreat benefits including medical/dental/vision, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and 401K with a match\nFlexible spending account\n17 days of PTO per year, and PTO increases with tenure\nEight paid holidays\nWe support learning and have educational assistance programs\nFitness reimbursement\nAll employees are eligible for profit sharing in addition to their base pay\nStocked kitchen with complimentary snacks\nFocus on work-life balance to promote success in and out of the workplace\nFamily-oriented team events\nFree parking\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other classes protected by law.\nWe are committed to providing opportunities to all qualified individuals. If you need assistance completing our online application due to a physical or mental impairment, please email jobs@accesslaser.com or call 425-382-2217.","company":"Access Laser Company","rawCompany":"access laser company","city":"Everett","state":"WA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-03T16:26:31.815Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"17-2071.00","title":"Electrical Engineers","slug":"electrical-engineers"},{"code":"17-2199.07","title":"Photonics Engineers","slug":"photonics-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"334220","title":"Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"radio-and-television-broadcasting-and-wireless-communications-equipment-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334511","title":"Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing","slug":"search-detection-navigation-guidance-aeronautical-and-nautical-system-and-instrument-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"RF Engineer","description":"Founded in 1999, Access Laser is a leader in designing and manufacturing high-end CO2 lasers. We are a rapidly growing company, experiencing double-digit revenue growth in recent years. We provide leading-edge gas-discharge-excited laser technologies to global industries in the medical, semiconductor, electronic, manufacturing, and scientific development R&D markets. We focus on creative designs that match our customers’ applications and solve difficult problems with innovative solutions. We strive to provide a challenging and supportive environment where team members are encouraged to go beyond ordinary thinking and challenge the normal with the truly ingenious. Our team is our greatest asset and supporting their career development is the greatest investment we can make in our future.\nIn October 2017 we became a member of the TRUMPF Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of lasers and laser systems. Although we have retained the agility and flexibility of a small company, both our business and our employees now have access to new opportunities for growth.\nSummary of role:\nThis is a hands-on individual contributor role for an Electrical Engineer with comprehensive RF power experience to design high power (up to few kilowatts) RF power sources for molecular CO2 laser products. The successful candidate will take technical ownership for the full product life cycle of RF Source designs and provide production support for all our RF sources and electronics products working closely with all the appropriate cross-functional resources within the company and outside the company e.g. vendors, customers and other collaborators.\nWhat Success Looks Like:\nDevelop RF power designs that meet efficiency, stability, EMC, thermal, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements.\nTranslate product and system needs to clear RF specifications, design tradeoffs, test plans, and verification evidence.\nBring proof of concept and prototype designs through lab validation with disciplined measurement, documentation, and risk-based decision making.\nImprove RF design quality through practical failure analysis, clear design reviews, and reusable engineering knowledge.\nPrimary Duties:\nDesign, simulate, model, and validate RF, analog, and mixed mode circuits and systems, with a focus on high power RF amplifiers from 100 W to multi kilowatt levels in the 10s to 100s MHz range, matching networks, combiners, VSWR/protection circuits, power oscillators, and related CO2 laser subsystems.\nDevelop and own proof of concept and prototype designs, including requirements definition, circuit analysis and simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout guidance, lab bring up, troubleshooting, optimization, and documentation.\nAnalyze high power RF behavior in real operating conditions, including nonlinear amplifier behavior, impedance variation, plasma/load interaction, thermal constraints, layout parasitic, EMC behavior, and failure modes.\nTranslate product and system requirements into well-defined technical specifications, test plans, design review material, verification evidence, and risk mitigation plans.\nConduct RF measurements and validation using vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, directional couplers, RF loads, thermal instrumentation, and related RF measurement equipment.\nIdentify and resolve RF design challenges to improve efficiency, stability, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and long-term product performance.\nCollaborate with cross functional teams, including optical, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, service, suppliers, and customers, to support integration and successful product launches.\nContribute to technical documentation, design standards, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing that improve RF design rigor within the team.\nCore Job Requirements:\nM.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or B.Sc. with more than 7 years of relevant experience. Equivalent depth may be considered for candidates with strong RF design ownership and hands on product development experience. Demonstrated hands on ownership of RF power design through at least one meaningful lifecycle phase, such as concept development, prototype validation, product release, design continuity, or significant redesign.\nStrong understanding and practical application of circuit theory, RF power amplifier design, impedance matching, RF measurements, thermal constraints, layout parasitics, and high-power implementation limits.\nExperience with RF power amplifier topologies and practical implementation challenges, including Class E, Class F, inverse Class F, matching networks, device limitations, load sensitivity, and high-power RF measurement.\nAbility to independently investigate difficult technical problems, define an engineering approach, execute simulation and bench work, and communicate clear conclusions and recommendations.\nExperience with EDA tools for schematic capture and PCB layout, such as Altium.\nExperience with RF simulation software, such as ADS or AWR.\nWorking knowledge of designing and testing for EMC or similar regulatory requirements in high power electronic products.\nProficiency with lab test equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, and related RF measurement equipment.\nStrong interpersonal skills, with excellent written and verbal communication abilities and disciplined technical documentation.\nHighly Desirable Additional Skills/Experience:\nIn depth understanding of physical phenomena involved in high power and high frequency circuit design, including nonlinear behavior, thermal behavior, parasitic, and load dependent performance.\nExperience with RF driven lasers, CO2 laser systems, plasma loads, or other high power industrial RF applications.\nExperience taking an RF design from concept through qualification, release, or product lifecycle support.\nExperience debugging high power RF failures in the lab or in released products.\nExperience with microwave engineering concepts, including distributed circuits and transmission lines.\nFamiliarity with synthesizers, PLLs, mixers, switching power supplies, and other adjacent RF/analog building blocks.\nAbility to interact with suppliers and external partners to support product quality, component selection, compliance, and project execution.\nExperience using Product Lifecycle Management tools, such as Agile.\nCommitment to scientific rigor, technical documentation quality, knowledge sharing, and individual skills advancement within the company's technical team.\nWhy work for us\nAt our core, we are an idea company, which is driving expansion and tremendous revenue growth. We are customer driven and design application specific products which fit the individual needs of our customers. This requires highly motivated and dedicated teams. You will have the opportunity to be innovative in your work as we are constantly evolving our products and solving new problems with our customers. We owe our success to our people. We take great pride in investing in our team and strive to continually grow and improve our company and culture.\nWe love what we do. Our goal is to go above and beyond for each other and our customers. Our teams are creative, smart and talented, which makes each project exciting. You will have plenty of guidance and support to help us continue moving our impactful technology to the next level.\nTRUMPF, our parent company, shares the same core values, and supports both our team and our drive for continuous innovation in laser technology. We are proud to be part of one of the largest technology companies led by a woman.\nThings we love here:\nOpportunity to work in a state-of-the art facility.\nGreat benefits including medical/dental/vision, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and 401K with a match\nFlexible spending account\n17 days of PTO per year, and PTO increases with tenure\nEight paid holidays\nWe support learning and have educational assistance programs\nFitness reimbursement\nAll employees are eligible for profit sharing in addition to their base pay\nStocked kitchen with complimentary snacks\nFocus on work-life balance to promote success in and out of the workplace\nFamily-oriented team events\nFree parking\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other classes protected by law.\nWe are committed to providing opportunities to all qualified individuals. If you need assistance completing our online application due to a physical or mental impairment, please email jobs@accesslaser.com or call 425-382-2217.","datePosted":"2026-08-03T16:26:31.815Z","dateModified":"2026-08-03T16:26:31.815Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Access Laser Company","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Everett","addressRegion":"WA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"ca2d013af794dc01c19b65fb"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ca2d013af794dc01c19b65fb"}}