# RF Test and Integration Engineer at Specter

- Company: Specter
- What the company does: Search 55M companies, 550M people and every funding or M&A event in real time—surface hidden startups, size markets and act first. Backed by Entrepreneur First.
- Company website: https://tryspecter.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2025-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/specter/2da69993-3262-4064-92de-96e2dda2f7c1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/specter-rf-test-and-integration-engineer/

## About the role

RF characterization and KPI testing: Run VSA/VSG sweeps of Pout, EVM, OBW, ACLR, noise figure, and sensitivity across temperature, MCS, channel bandwidth, and power. Integration testing across the radio chain: Validate chipset, PA front end, matching, and antenna end to end, on the bench and over the air.

## What they're looking for

- 3-5 years of RF test and characterization experience on production wireless hardware
- Hands-on RF test instrumentation: VSA/VSG (LitePoint IQxel or similar preferred), VNA, spectrum analyzer
- Strong working understanding of modern wireless KPIs: EVM, ACLR, OBW, sensitivity, noise figure, link margin, and what they mean for system performance
- Python automation experience for test orchestration. You’ve built test frameworks, not one-off scripts
- Sub-GHz or ISM band experience (902–928 MHz preferred)
- Comfortable in Linux: command line, packet capture (tshark/tcpdump), reading debugfs and driver logs

Tags: Engineering