Gridware

Senior RF Engineer, Devices

Join Gridware in San Francisco as a Senior RF Engineer. Lead wireless system design and production, focusing on ultra-low power applications. Benefit from paid parental leave, commuter allowance, and unique paid breaks. Collaborate across teams to optimize RF performance in cutting-edge devices.
Gridware
Gridware San Francisco, California, United States On-site Full time USD 195k–210k yearly UTC-07:00

Gridware

Company Overview

Gridware

California, United States

2020

Approximately 30 employees (source: businessinsider.com).

What They Do

Gridware is a pioneering startup focused on enhancing grid resilience through innovative technology. Their core offering, Active Grid Response (AGR), utilizes pole-mounted Gridscope sensors that monitor various conditions on distribution power lines in real-time. These sensors are powered by solar energy and communicate through device-to-device, cellular, and satellite networks, ensuring continuous operation regardless of grid voltage (source: gridware.io). The technology is designed to detect a range of issues, including vegetation contact, downed lines, and equipment failures, enabling utilities to perform predictive maintenance and dynamic de-energization to prevent wildfires and outages (source: cbsnews.com). Target markets include U.S. electric utilities, particularly in wildfire-prone areas like California and the Midwest, with plans for international expansion in the future (source: promptloop.com). Their products integrate seamlessly with utility operations management systems, covering over 90 million field hours and serving 40% of U.S. customers through partnerships (source: gridware.io).

Projects & Track Record

Gridware has successfully deployed approximately 13,000 sensors across eight states, particularly in California's high-risk wildfire areas, covering around 1,000 miles of power lines. Their technology has been credited with preventing wildfires, as evidenced by reports of alerts that stopped smoldering vegetation from igniting (source: cbsnews.com). Notable integrations include partnerships with PG&E for high impedance fault detection and a pilot project with Puget Sound Energy aimed at improving storm and wildfire repair prioritization. In one instance, a Northern California circuit experienced a 70% reduction in outage patrol times, while a Midwest utility saved 400,000 outage minutes across four circuits (source: gridware.io). Ongoing projects include a 2024 pilot with NorthWestern Energy in Montana City, focusing on real-time asset monitoring to mitigate wildfire risks (source: northwesternenergy.com).

Recent Developments

In the past two years, Gridware has raised significant funding to support its growth and expansion efforts. In 2024, they announced a $26.4 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital, following a $10.5 million seed extension in 2023 co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Fifty Years (source: gridware.io). This funding is aimed at enhancing their U.S. operations and preparing for international deployments. Additionally, Gridware has received recognition for its innovative technology, including being named one of Time magazine's Best Inventions in 2022 for their Gridscope sensors and having founders featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2023 (source: engineering.berkeley.edu). The company continues to deepen its partnerships with utilities, including a pilot program with NorthWestern Energy set for late 2024 (source: northwesternenergy.com).

Working There

Gridware offers a variety of engineering-focused roles, including positions in software engineering, electrical design engineering, data engineering, and technical recruiting. The company is built by linemen and engineers, reflecting a culture that emphasizes collaboration with field workers and a mission-driven approach to wildfire prevention (source: climatepeople.com). Hiring is concentrated at their Bay Area headquarters, where they are rapidly expanding their team to support sensor production and deployment efforts. The culture at Gridware is described as rigorous and mission-oriented, with a strong focus on achieving real-world results, such as the significant field hours logged by their technology (source: gridware.io). While specific employee benefits are not detailed in the sources, the venture-backed nature of the company suggests competitive startup perks may be available (source: cbsnews.com).

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Job Description

We're looking for a Wireless RF Engineer with broad-based expertise across RF architecture, design, integration, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate combines deep theoretical and practical knowledge in areas such as electromagnetic theory, RF and wireless circuit design, communication systems, and product design trade-offs.

You'll leverage electromagnetic and system simulations, hands-on prototyping, and test and measurement tools to understand complex system and sub-system interactions - translating insights into production-ready designs that balance performance, reliability, and manufacturability at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead bring-up and production of state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication systems
  • Design and simulate wireless systems optimized for ultra-low power applications
  • Perform link budget modeling and system-level performance analysis
  • Integrate and validate wireless technologies such as cellular, low power mesh networking, NTN, GPS, Wi-Fi, BLE, and LoRa
  • Collaborate closely across electrical, firmware, and mechanical teams
  • Collaborate with firmware and software teams to analyze RF telemetry data and optimize wireless network performance
  • Drive cross-functional alignment with antenna vendors, certification labs, and manufacturing partners

Required Skills

  • BSEE (or higher) with 5+ years of experience in RF systems design and debug
  • Strong hands-on experience in lab environments including RF conducted measurements, OTA testing, and rework
  • Experience in cellular and/or low power mesh networks
  • Proven experience with RF manufacturing line testing, fixture development, and validation
  • Strong understanding of radio desense and coexistence testing
  • Experience in RF certification and compliance (PTCRB, EMI, FCC, CTIA, etc.)
  • Experience working with antenna vendors and certification labs
  • Comfortable scripting in Python or similar for RF test automation and data analysis
  • Proven collaboration experience with RF silicon vendors, and internal EE, ME, and FW teams

Bonus Skills

  • Direct experience partnering with RF silicon vendors
  • Deep cross-disciplinary collaboration across hardware, firmware, and mechanical engineering
  • Experience resolving RF coexistence issues in sensors
  • Experience in antenna design

$195,000 - $210,000 a year

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Alternating day off (every other Monday)
  • "Off the Grid", a two week per year paid break for all employees.
  • Commuter allowance
  • Company-paid training

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About the role

June 30, 2026

July 4, 2026

Full time

On-site

Company

USD 195k–210k yearly

Gridware

gridware.io

  •  San Francisco, California, United States

5+ years in RF systems design

UTC-07:00

Tags

Electrical Engineering · Product Development