About the Job
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes,...
We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
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Key Responsibilities
At Halter, we’re changing the way the world farms, combining deep thinking, fast execution, and world class engineering to transform agriculture through technology.
As we scale rapidly across global markets, we’re looking for a Experienced RF Engineer to drive innovation in our wireless systems and help shape the future of animal management technology. This is a senior technical leadership role, you’ll own the design, optimisation, and validation of all RF and antenna systems across Halter’s products.
From concept through to mass production, you’ll ensure that our devices perform reliably in challenging real world farm environments. You’ll collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams and external parties to deliver robust wireless communication systems and antenna designs that meet demanding performance, cost, and manufacturability targets.
Lead the design, simulation, prototyping, and validation of high performance antennas and RF systems for Halter’s wearable and infrastructure products.
Define system level RF requirements and architecture in collaboration with firmware, systems, and mechanical teams.
Drive electromagnetic simulation, impedance matching, antenna tuning, and over the air performance optimisation.
Conduct field testing and data analysis to validate designs under real world conditions.
Collaborate with manufacturing partners to ensure robust design-for-manufacture and testing of RF assemblies, including travel.
Own and maintain RF performance metrics, antenna validation processes, and compliance testing (EMC, regulatory).
Mentor and develop other engineers in RF design principles and best practices.
Partner with global suppliers and test labs to deliver high-volume production ready antenna solutions.
Required Skills & Abilities
An experienced RF or Antenna Engineer with proven expertise taking antenna systems from concept through to high volume production.
Deep understanding of electromagnetic fundamentals, RF propagation, impedance matching, and PCB/integrated antenna design.
Hands on experience with RF simulation and analysis tools
Proficiency with test and measurement equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers and signal generators.
Experience designing RF systems for IoT, wearable, or low power wireless products (BLE, LoRa, GPS, Wi-Fi, sub-GHz, LTE).
Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment where you take ownership and drive results.
Willingness to travel internationally (e.g., China, Thailand) to support manufacturing and validation.
