Aircapture
Senior Microwave Engineer
Berkeley, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$200kDetected 70 days ago
A/B TestingSolidWorksANSYSMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringRF EngineeringCOMSOLResearch
About the role
- You will use your deep expertise in microwave technology to advance a cutting-edge approach to Direct Air Capture (DAC).
- This role is for someone who thrives on technical challenges, loves discovering solutions by doing, and is energized by working at the frontier of a genuinely new application of an established technology.
- This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.
Responsibilities
- Innovate and solve technical challenges, leveraging your deep expertise in microwave, electrical, and mechanical systems to research and develop first-of-a-kind Microwave Direct Air Capture (MWDAC) technology
- Design novel high voltage and high power microwave heating systems from 1 kW to 100 kW across frequency ranges from 900 MHz to 3000 MHz
- Optimize MWDAC cavity and waveguide designs through simulation and modeling, then build and validate experimental test rigs and prototypes that advance R&D efforts
- Design and execute test plans and experimental protocols, collect and analyze data rigorously, and close the loop between simulation predictions and physical results
- Partner with a motivated, multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists who are excited about this work and this mission
- Ability to design and execute test procedures, interpret experimental data, and translate findings into design improvements-working fluidly between the model and the lab
- Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace.
- Design the technology of our lifetime as a Senior Microwave Engineer at Aircapture!
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with a focus on microwave technology
- 5+ years of experience in R&D roles involving system design, simulation, hands-on experimental work, data collection and analysis, and iterative design refinement
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD preferred, or equivalent hands-on industry experience
- Expert proficiency with industry-standard RF/microwave modeling software such as COMSOL or ANSYS HFSS (we use COMSOL), combined with a track record of validating models against physical experimental results.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks preferred
Compensation
- $170,000-200,000 per year
Benefits
- We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds-be it through education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation-to reach our goals.
Company info
- communicates proactively and directly across disciplines, receives feedback constructively, raises concerns through appropriate channels, and works effectively alongside mechanical, electrical, controls, and R&D colleagues
- Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger.
- We hope you feel welcome here.
- At Aircapture we're creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis.
- We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives.
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