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If you are passionate about the future of RF electronics, additive manufacturing, precision assembly, microfabrication, vacuum systems, advanced materials processing, and working on a small and energetic team - we can’t wait to meet you!\n\nJob Description\nA Test engineer at Elve is responsible for the characterization of the performance of Elve products and systems, as well as the design, development, deployment of test and quality infrastructure and systems. This will include performing RF measurements on amplifiers and passive components and operating test high-voltage test equipment (up to 15 kV), as well as creating and documenting the test procedures and automating them using Python. Given the size of our team, there are lots of opportunities to grow, be challenged, and take on new opportunities, skills and responsibilities. This is a full-time salaried position. The goal of this position is to allow us to rapidly iterate and validate our manufacturing process and approaches while improving our design throughput.\n\nResponsibilities\nAssignments may include performing product tuning, testing and troubleshooting of RF microwave devices. This will include measuring S-parameters of passive and active devices. It will include measuring gain and power transfer information on amplifiers, and assessing stability. In addition to standard test equipment such as oscilloscopes, and multimeters, you will use signal generators, diode detectors, power meters, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers. You will work with waveguide and waveguide couplers, coaxial cables, and high-voltage power supplies.\n\nWork Environment\nMay be a combination of the following but not limited to:\n\nManufacturing facility\n\nISO 5 - ISO 7 Cleanroom\n\nLaboratory\n\nMachine shop\n\nWarehouse\n\nOffice\n\nQualifications\n\nFamiliarity with testing electronic devices, preferably including experience with testing microwave devices and or RF amplifiers\n\nFamiliarity with electronic test equipment and the use of high voltage power supplies, including high voltage safety practices\n\nFamiliarity with oscilloscopes, multimeters, other electrical test equipment\n\nAble to read and interpret test procedures and assembly drawings\n\nHands‑on experience building devices (of any kind)\n\nOutstanding troubleshooting skills\n\nWilling to learn and adaptable\n\nSelf‑motivated\n\nExperience working in a team environmentBe able to quickly switch between tasks\n\nDetail‑oriented\n\nGood to have\n\nExperience using a network analyzer and other RF test equipment/accessories\n\nExperience with RF amplifiers or waveguide hardware\n\nExperience with Ultra‑High‑Vacuum systems\n\nCoding experience, particularly Python (for automation and data‑processing/analysis), ideally with hardware communication\n\nKnowledge of environmental test processes and equipment is beneficial.\n\nExperience with high voltage\n\nGreat communication skills\n\nJ-STD-001 training preferred\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n\nBachelors engineering degree OR associates degree in a technical field with equivalent work experience\n\n1-5 years of engineering professional experienceBasic hands‑on tools experience\n\nAbility to lift 50 lbs\n\nBenefits Include\n\nCompetitive salary\n\nHealth benefits (medical, dental, vision)\n\nVacation time\n\nA taste of the start‑up life\n\nExposure to cutting‑edge technology in vacuum electronics, materials science, and additive manufacturing.\n\nRubbing shoulders and brainstorming with multiple Ph.D. and masters‑level engineers\n\nWhat it’s like to work at Elve\nWe are a small team (for now!) on a mission to bring the next generation of high‑speed wireless connectivity to a billion people worldwide. That kind of impact is not going to be achieved with incremental improvements- we are gunning for orders of magnitude advances in production capability, cost, size, and power in the mm‑wave RF amplifier market. We ask “dumb” questions all the time because we always have something to learn. 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