RF Recruitment · San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley
Specialist recruitment for RF circuits, wireless systems, antennas, matching, simulation and measurement. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.
RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.
Discuss a specialist hireLance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This recruitment delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside rf roles.
Discuss an embedded recruiterHow the Embedded Recruiter service works →RF recruitment specialisms
RF circuit design, antenna engineering, wireless system work and compliance testing overlap but are separate specialties. The frequency range and product architecture matter.
Front ends, amplifiers, mixers, oscillators and transceiver paths.
Antenna selection or design, matching networks and propagation constraints.
Relevant EM and circuit tools, parasitics, stack-up and RF layout.
VNAs, spectrum analysers, signal generators and over-the-air testing.
For San Francisco Bay Area employers
We define the frequency range, radio architecture, link requirements, antenna constraints, regulatory context, simulation environment and measurement ownership.
Candidate discussions examine link budgets, noise and linearity, matching and layout choices, measurement technique and the path from simulation to working hardware.
RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.
Founder-led technical recruitment
Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.
That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed technical interview.
RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.
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San Francisco Bay Area engineering context
Relevant local themes: physical electronics, integrated systems, semiconductors, sensing.
UC Berkeley’s physical-electronics research covers high-frequency integrated circuits, wireless channels, semiconductor devices, microfabrication, sensors and optoelectronics. These fields reflect the depth of hardware and systems work found across the Bay Area.
Recruitment briefs still need to identify the actual product, ownership boundaries and evidence required rather than relying on the region’s broad technology reputation.
Sources: UC Berkeley Physical Electronics.
For RF engineers
Share your resume and the type of work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.
Submit your resumeFrequently asked questions
The brief identifies responsibility for RF circuits, antennas, wireless systems, layout, simulation and measurement. General electronics experience is relevant only where it supports those requirements.
Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.
Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.
It is designed for a wider or recurring hiring plan where recruitment continuity matters. It is a delivery model, not a reference to embedded software engineering, and its agreed scope can support rf and related engineering roles.
Discuss your hiring plan
Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.
Prefer email? webform@runtimerec.com
