thinkRF
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

We’re looking for people who want to revolutionize network intelligence and RF monitoring.
We’re an ambitious, diverse, closely knit team of RF experts who are driven to redefine how 5G wireless spectrum is monitored and managed. If you’re team focused, willing to work hard to change the game, and are compelled to innovate, we’ll put you in a position to make a difference.
We’re a Wesley Clover International Affiliate, a global investment management firm and holding company of the serial technology entrepreneur Sir Terry Matthews.

Current Opportunities

Benefits and Our Culture

We’re not fans of mediocrity. We ask a lot of our team members, and in return we provide excellent benefits and a healthy work environment.
OUR CALL TO ACTION

More and more, wireless spectrum is fundamental to our society. How do we best ensure this critical resource is always available and properly managed? The current approaches are cumbersome, expensive, and ineffective. We see the world differently. We are developing cutting edge solutions and deploying them with world class partners to deliver disruptive solutions that keep our world humming.  We aren’t interested in “more of the same”, we are all about better. We love challenges and delivering over and above what our customers expect.

WE WANT YOU
HEALTHY

Medical, Dental, Vision. Check off all the boxes, you’re covered.

WE WANT YOU TO FEEL VALUED

You can expect a competitive salary and ownership. Every employee has equity in thinkRF.

WE WANT YOU HERE FOR THE LONG RUN

Staying sharp means taking a step away to recharge. We have a generous paid time off program and flexible hours to balance between life and work.

WE WANT YOU TO GROW
WITH US

You can expect to continuously learn and develop your technical and professional skills. We love a good challenge and we love to innovate, which provides us all with tons of opportunity to grow.

WE WANT YOU TO FEEL SUPPORTED
AND HAVE FUN

We hire people that others like to work with. Our culture is important to us, and part of that includes having fun together.

Current Opportunities

thinkRF is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, origins, ages, orientations, genders, creeds and religions. thinkRF accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process, and beyond. If contacted regarding your application to a position, please advise us of any accommodations you may require.

Senior RF Engineers

thinkRF has opportunities for Senior RF Engineers who can provide technical leadership and innovation to support the next stage in our company’s growth. In this role, you would be responsible for the design, simulation, development, and testing of RF circuits and systems for application in wideband radio receivers spanning from DC all the way up to mmWave.

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We’re looking for people who want to revolutionize RF monitoring and intelligence.
We’re an ambitious, diverse, closely knit team of RF experts who are driven to redefine how 5G wireless spectrum is monitored and managed.  If you’re team focused, willing to work hard to change the game, and are compelled to innovate, we’ll put you in a position to make a difference.

Our Call to Action

More and more, wireless spectrum is fundamental to our society. How do we best ensure this critical resource is always available and properly managed? The current approaches are cumbersome, expensive, and ineffective. We see the world differently. We are developing cutting edge solutions and deploying them with world class partners to deliver disruptive solutions that keep our world humming.  We aren’t interested in “more of the same”, we are all about better. We love challenges and delivering over and above what our customers expect.

The Opportunity

thinkRF has opportunities for Senior RF Engineers who can provide technical leadership and innovation to support the next stage in our company’s growth. In this role, you would be responsible for the design, simulation, development, and testing of RF circuits and systems for application in wideband radio receivers spanning from DC all the way up to mmWave.
The position is based in Ottawa, and under current COVID-19 conditions has flexibility to work from home however, there will be times when it is required to work from our office in Kanata.

Responsibilities

You will hold the primary engineering responsibility for electrical design tasks including requirements analysis, specification generation, interface definition, component selection, circuit simulation, symbol creation, schematic capture, and board layout. As the Senior RF Engineer, you will own schedules, cost, and have technical responsibility at the board or subsystem level.

In this role, you will:

  • Design advanced RF Products from VLF to mm-wave, addressing DFM and DFT considerations during the design process
  • Develop test plans, then test and debug RF circuits and systems
  • Produce, review and maintain all associated design and test documentation
  • Estimate RF hardware design tasks, identifying risks, and planning development
  • Conduct design reviews
  • Work with the operations team to introduce new designs into production
  • Work on sustaining issues related to designs

Qualifications

Building on your engineering experience, some of the key qualifications for this role include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Masters degree preferred with RF circuit engineering
  • 7 – 10 years of broadly based design, modeling and test experience with RF/microwave circuits and systems
  • In depth knowledge of RF circuit design including receiver architectures
  • Proficiency in the use of software design and simulation tools (such as Mentor Graphics, Cadence (NI-AWR), Modelithics), SPICE, Microwave Office and Keysight ADS
  • Experience implementing frequency synthesizers using PLLs
  • The ability to guide and participate in the layout of RF/mm Wave circuits
  • Strong RF circuit testing and debugging skills
  • Experience developing test fixtures for a variety of circuits and devices
  • General familiarity with embedded software development and integration
  • Proficiency in the use of RF/electronic test equipment (such as vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, or logic analyzer)

Assets

  • Good working knowledge of receiver planning for gain, NF, linearity and spurious minimization
  • Experience implementing active circuits at frequencies of > 20GHz
  • Strong filter design and implementation skills using lumped and distributed techniques
  • Work experience with wireless communication systems
  • Working understanding of embedded processor control of RF elements
  • Signal integrity at the PCB level

Personal Attributes

  • Self-starter, capable of taking initiative to identify and resolve problems, and improve work environment
  • Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success
  • Team player who is able to build consensus and work cooperatively
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to successfully deliver on committed project deadlines

To join the thinkRF team:

Email your cover letter and resume in confidence to hr@thinkrf.com, specifying the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your message. Please be sure to provide some insight into your initiative, skills and achievements, and how you plan to contribute toward the growth of our company.
thinkRF is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, origins, ages, orientations, genders, creeds and religions. thinkRF accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process, and beyond. If contacted regarding your application to this position, please advise us of any accommodations you may require.

Signal Processing & Analysis Engineer

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to embark on a journey with a fast-growing technology company where you can work with autonomy and be involved in highly impactful work.

Apply

We’re looking for people who want to revolutionize wireless network monitoring and intelligence.
We’re an ambitious, diverse, closely knit team of RF experts who are driven to redefine how wireless spectrum is monitored and managed. If you’re team focused, willing to work hard to change the game, and are compelled to innovate, we’ll put you in a position to make a difference. We offer our employees a competitive total rewards package, ongoing development opportunities and a flexible work environment.

Our Call to Action

More and more, wireless spectrum is fundamental to our society. How do we best ensure this critical resource is always available and properly managed? The current approaches are cumbersome, expensive, and ineffective. We see the world differently. We are developing cutting edge solutions and deploying them with world class partners to deliver disruptive solutions that keep our world humming.  We aren’t interested in “more of the same”, we are all about better. We love challenges and delivering over and above what our customers expect.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to embark on a journey with a fast-growing technology company where you can work with autonomy and be involved in highly impactful work.

Essential Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with RF Signal Processing / Analysis tools available in the market and signal measurement techniques Experience with wireless communication standards and technologies such as2G, 3G, 4G/LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR including Signal Processing based 3GPP decoding techniques

  • Extensive experience in wireless communication systems, in particular signal processing and analysis

  • Experience in modeling with MATLAB, GNU Radio

  • Strong and proven experience in signal decoding/demodulation and parameters extraction of:

    • Wireless communication technologies associated with 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, Tetra, LMR, DMR, etc.

    • Wireless techniques (CDMA, OFDMA, frequency hopping, etc.)

    • Modulation types (M-QAM, M-PSK, M-FSK, MSK, APK, etc.)

  • Strong and proven experience in:

    • Signal fidelity (EVM, BER, SINR, etc.)
    • Signal decomposition
    • RF Propagation and Channel modeling and equalization
    • MIMO settings
    • Direction finding and geolocation of transmitted signals

  • Must have recent commercial product development experience. Critical skills include:

    • OFDM/OFDMA
    • MIMO
    • 4G and 5GNR signal processing – in particular, knowledge of PHY layer specification

  • Programming skills in C++/C, Python

  • Team player, highly energetic and confident to convey a positive and professional attitude

  • Self-motivated and able to work independently, strong time management skills to reliably deliver solutions within budget and on time

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; highly effective in formulating and communicating concepts, ideas, strategy to internal / external parties

  • Highly detail oriented to ensure that design specifications are applied as intended, that sufficient documentation is provided and that issues are resolved effectively

  • Good verbal/written communication, presentation, and technical documentation skills

Qualifications

  • Master’s in electrical engineering (Communication Signal Processing). PhD is a strong asset
  • Demonstrated track record of developing advanced signal processing solutions in the Wireless domain
  • Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and optimize signal processing algorithms for real-world applications
  • Experience with hardware components, such as microcontrollers, FPGAs, and DSP chips, used for signal processing implementations

Assets

  • Working with RF drive test equipment

  • Familiarity with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers and signal generators

  • A good understanding of RF receiver technologies

  • RF design fundamentals

  • PhD in Communication Signal Processing

Personal Attributes

  • Well developed communication and presentation skills
  • Be agile and have the ability to readily adapt to newly introduced challenges
  • Self‐starter with ability to independently manage resources and time
  • Proactive and energetic with a can-do attitude

Why Work For Us

At thinkRF, you have the opportunity to work alongside technology thought leaders while directly contributing to the delivery of our world-class technology; this is why skilled, creative and dynamic professionals want to join our team. thinkRF offers all its employees a competitive total rewards package, commensurate with their qualifications and experience.

To join the thinkRF team:

Email your cover letter and resume in confidence to hr@thinkrf.com, specifying the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your message. Please be sure to provide some insight into your initiative, skills and achievements, and how you plan to contribute toward the growth of our company.
thinkRF is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, origins, ages, orientations, genders, creeds and religions. thinkRF accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process, and beyond. If contacted regarding your application to this position, please advise us of any accommodations you may require.

Director, North America Sales

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to embark on a journey with a fast-growing technology company where you can work with autonomy and be involved in highly impactful work.
Reporting directly to the VP Sales, the Director, North America Sales has responsibility for all sales activity, revenue growth and pipeline development in the region.

Apply

We’re looking for people who want to revolutionize wireless network monitoring and intelligence.
We’re an ambitious, diverse, closely knit team of RF experts who are driven to redefine how wireless spectrum is monitored and managed. If you’re team focused, willing to work hard to change the game, and are compelled to innovate, we’ll put you in a position to make a difference. We offer our employees a competitive total rewards package, ongoing development opportunities and a flexible work environment.

Our Call to Action

More and more, wireless spectrum is fundamental to our society. How do we best ensure this critical resource is always available and properly managed? The current approaches are cumbersome, expensive, and ineffective. We see the world differently. We are developing cutting edge solutions and deploying them with world class partners to deliver disruptive solutions that keep our world humming.  We aren’t interested in “more of the same”, we are all about better. We love challenges and delivering over and above what our customers expect.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to embark on a journey with a fast-growing technology company where you can work with autonomy and be involved in highly impactful work.

Reporting to the VP Sales the Director, North America Sales has responsibility for all sales activity, revenue growth and pipeline development in the region.

thinkRF is is based in Ottawa, Canada and this position can be based anywhere in North America.

Responsibilities

  • Assume full accountability for and ownership of revenue growth and accounts in the region
  • Develop and implement business development strategies and plans, emphasizing building and managing a strong sales process and sales funnel
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities while allocating resources effectively
  • Achieve revenue targets through proactive prospecting and sales order bookings, building strong partner relationships, and creating company champions within potential customers
  • Accurately forecast bookings and orders
  • Initiate discussions with CxO’s, Directors, Managers, Engineers, and other key stakeholders in existing and prospective accounts
  • Close quick, small wins while also overseeing longer and complex sales cycles
  • Maintain up-to-date CRM records throughout the sales cycle
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to stage and execute proofs of concept addressing unique customer requirements, while controlling expenses and working capital (inventory and demo)
  • Stay informed about the competitive landscape and remain current on technology and industry trends
  • Work effectively with internal teams on behalf of the customers to ensure a high level of customer experience
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a superior customer experience

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of field sales experience, selling and positioning technical products and solutions in a territory market environment preferred; competitive product experience preferred
  • Experience in selling SaaS solutions to telecom operators, government agencies and private network operators
  • Understanding of wireless network industry & trends
  • Demonstrated track record of reaching and exceeding sales targets
  • Demonstrated ability to source leads and generate sales opportunities while simultaneously working existing accounts
  • Demonstrated ability to grow existing and new accounts
  • Ability to build strong client relationships within the C-Suite
  • Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle for frequent travel
  • Ability to travel within North America 50%+

Personal Attributes

  • Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
  • Be agile and have the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing market conditions
  • Self‐starter with ability to independently manage resources and time
  • Proactive and energetic with a can-do attitude
  • Great interpersonal and influencing skills and have the ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in a hands-on manner

To join the thinkRF team:

Email your cover letter and resume in confidence to hr@thinkrf.com, specifying the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your message. Please be sure to provide some insight into your initiative, skills and achievements, and how you plan to contribute toward the growth of our company.
thinkRF is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, origins, ages, orientations, genders, creeds and religions. thinkRF accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process, and beyond. If contacted regarding your application to this position, please advise us of any accommodations you may require.

Ready to join thinkRF, but don’t see an available job post?

Send us your resume. We are always in the search for highly skilled, creative and dynamic professionals to join our team and contribute to the delivery of our world-class technology!

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