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    "description": "<h2><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><em>Position Summary</em></span></strong></h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:8px; text-align:center; text-indent:-.1pt\">\n<hr /></div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">FlightWave (a subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings) is seeking a <strong>Director of Electrical &amp; RF Systems Engineering</strong> to lead the architecture, execution, and scaling of electrical and radio systems across our UAS platforms.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">This role owns the full hardware stack&mdash;from power systems, sensors, and embedded electronics to RF link performance and system-level integration. You will lead a multidisciplinary EE team while building a new RF systems capability focused on <strong>radio integration, link reliability, EMI/EMC performance, and real-world range optimization</strong>.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">This is a hands-on leadership role. 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Compliance</span></strong></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Own EMI/EMC performance from design through validation and certification </span></span></li>\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Lead pre-compliance testing and debug (radiated/conducted emissions, susceptibility, ESD) </span></span></li>\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Ensure compliance with FCC Part 15 and relevant military/industry standards </span></span></li>\n\t<li><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Establish design-for-compliance practices across the team </span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Validation, Test &amp; 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