Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Linz
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will optimize RF performance of pet trackers, conduct thorough validations, debug RF issues, and support the integration of hardware and firmware components to ensure reliable wireless communication.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Analyze and optimize RF performance for our next-generation pet trackers with focus on antenna efficiency, power consumption, and wireless reliability through antenna matching, tuning, and integration activities.
- Define RF requirements and validation criteria during product development for LTE, GNSS, Wi-Fi, and BLE technologies.
- Perform comprehensive RF validation and characterization, designing and executing RF performance test plans with detailed measurement reports and pass/fail verdicts.
- Conduct passive and active RF measurements including TRP/TIS, conducted and radiated measurements, sensitivity, coexistence, and OTA testing.
- Perform RF debugging at system and PCB level including interference, desense, harmonics, spurious emissions, and EMC-related issues.
- Review RF layouts and provide design recommendations to hardware teams for optimal RF performance.
- Work closely with hardware and firmware teams on radio architecture and wireless subsystem integration.
- Support certification activities including FCC, CE, IC, RCM, and EMC/EMI compliance, collaborating with external labs, antenna vendors, chipset vendors, and certification partners.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts for RF instruments and validation workflows.
- Support production RF testing activities, analyze production yield issues, and collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure consistent wireless performance during mass production.
- Bring in your fresh ideas to make Tractive better - you’ll never hear the phrase “...because that’s how we’ve always done things”.
- Continuously grow personally and professionally, take ownership of areas that show your potential, and attend workshops which help you get to the next level.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Expertise in RF validation methodologies: conducted and radiated testing, OTA performance evaluation, antenna characterization, coexistence testing, and wireless performance optimization.
- Proficiency with RF test equipment (Spectrum Analyzers, VNAs, Signal Generators, Power Meters, GNSS Simulators) and operating RF chambers and EMC/EMI test environments.
- Proven capability in RF debugging and root-cause analysis of complex embedded wireless systems.
- Working knowledge of electromagnetic simulation tools (CST Studio Suite, HFSS) is a plus.
- You combine deep RF engineering expertise with a passion for creating products that make a real difference.
- You're excited about optimizing wireless performance for millions of pet trackers worldwide.
- You thrive in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment where cross-functional teamwork is essential.
- You're comfortable balancing technical excellence with practical manufacturing and certification constraints.
Experience
- 5+ years of RF engineering experience with proven expertise in design, validation, optimization, and certification of wireless IoT products.
- Strong hands-on experience with LTE, GNSS, Wi-Fi, BLE, and battery-powered devices, including in-depth knowledge of wireless radio architecture, RF front-end design, antenna systems, and power consumption optimization.
- Strong experience in antenna tuning, impedance matching, RF layout reviews, and global wireless certification requirements (FCC, CE/RED, IC, RCM).
- Experience developing automation frameworks for RF testing and supporting production manufacturing activities.
- Experience with wireless communication test platforms such as CMW500 is a plus.
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What we offer
- 4-Day Work Week
- Flexible Schedule
- International Team
- Wellness Bonus
- ½ Price Public Transport
- Online Learning Budget
- Relocation Support
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Benefits
Health, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Topics that you deal with on the job
Job Locations
This is your employer
Tractive GmbH
Pasching
At our company, we are world leaders in GPS tracking for cats and dogs. We want to ensure that pets have a safe, healthy, and happy life. Our GPS Tracking lets you keep tabs on your pet's movements anywhere in the world; Activity Tracking monitors their activity levels so you can make sure they're getting enough exercise; innovative Security Features help keep them safe from harm; and we're always on the forefront of new PetTech developments so you can rely on us to stay ahead of the curve. Over 150 countries trust us - a clear indication that we are doing something right.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Founding year
- 2012
- Language
- German, English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Electronics, Automatization, Trade, Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior RF Systems Engineer
- Location
- Linz
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
