Hardware Compliance Engineer

About the role:

The Hardware Compliance Engineer will manage unlicensed and licensed radio compliance testing for all regions ensuring Skydio products meet all requirements for successful launch.

How you’ll make an impact: 

• Apply your expert experience of 2.4, 5 & 6 GHz unlicensed band global regulatory conformance testing and your cellular PTCRB & GCF knowledge to own our global conformance test function for our full portfolio of vehicle and controller products.
• Use your in-depth radio technology experience to diagnose and resolve all types of RF and protocol compliance issues discovered in-house, local, and international 3rd party radio conformance test labs
• Apply knowledge of modular and system-level radio certification strategies and effective use of a myriad of radio test tools to prepare and enable test samples for successful test campaigns at 3rd party test labs.   
• Operate in-house unlicensed (FCC Part 15, ETSI EN 300 328, EN 301 893, Japan MIC) and licensed (PTCRB, TIS, TRP) pretesting labs to pretest key compliance metrics 

What makes you a good fit:

• Served as principal in-house or 3rd party lab radio conformance test engineer with many successes ushering a wide range of radio product types through the radio conformance test pipeline
• Solid working knowledge of radio test standards, procedures, and regulator-provided guidance published by FCC Part 15, Part 20,22, 90,  ANSI, ISED, ETSI, Japan MIC.
• Leverage relationships with various local, national, and international radio conformance test labs to determine the most suitable routes for parallel projects.  Passionately execute through preparation, testing, and reporting phases to meet critical product launch milestones
• Familiarity with CTIA test plans and carriers' OTA specifications
• Experience operating RF testing equipment (Spectrum Analyzer, signal generator, RF communication testers, Cellular Callbox, OTA anechoic chambers, reverberation chambers, C-SAR)
• Experience troubleshooting problems with test equipment, test platforms, and devices.

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $138,000 - $169,500. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Skydio full-time employees are eligible to enroll in our benefit plans and take advantage of a variety of incentives and stipends.

Last updated on Aug 28, 2024