Career Highlights
Betty A. Jetawo, MSEE
Senior RF & GPS Hardware Engineer | EMI/EMC Specialist | Educator
20+ Years | Ex-Motorola • Ex-Magellan • Ex-InnerWireless | U.S. Citizen | DFW-Based
I design the RF and timing hardware that navigation systems depend on. First-pass FCC, MIL-STD-461, and ICD-GPS-200 compliance is my standard.
By The Numbers
20+
Years in RF/GPS Hardware
100%
First-Pass FCC/MIL-STD-461
$80K
Saved Avoiding One Re-Spin
45dB-Hz
GPS C/N0 Achieved
Career Highlights
GPS/GNSS Hardware Leadership
- Led GPS RF front-end design at Magellan for navigation products adopted by 3+ manufacturers
- ICD-GPS-200 compliance: 1.8dB system NF, >40dB image rejection, C/N0 >45dB-Hz, TTFF <28s
- Owned Altium PCB reference design used across multiple L1/L2 GPS receiver lines
- Spirent validation expert: Acquisition, tracking, jamming, spoofing test
RF Systems & Transceiver Design
- Motorola RF Engineer: Optimized LNA, mixer, VCO chains. Debugged multi-layer boards to production
- Innerwireless DAS: Designed 800MHz–2.5GHz systems for hospitals, stadiums, offices
- ESDIAC Telecom: Engineered power, grounding, RF for 200+ cell sites and microwave links
EMI/EMC & First-Pass Compliance
- Cleared FCC Part 15, CE, CISPR 22, MIL-STD-461 on first test at Magellan and Motorola
- Debugged $80K field failure: Fixed GPS C/N0 desense from DC-DC spurs at 1575.42MHz. Improved 12dB with $2 filter
- Designed PDN, grounding, shielding for high-reliability mixed-signal systems
Test, Lab & Mentoring
- Lab Lead: Keysight VNA, SA, Spirent, Near-field probes, LISN
- Tools: ADS, HFSS, CST, Altium, iBwave, MATLAB, Python
- Mentored 15+ junior engineers on RF lab, EMI debug, Python automation
- Authored design guides for RF layout, PDN, EMC used across teams
Industries Served
Defense & Aerospace | Automotive Navigation | Telecommunications | Medical Devices | In-Building Wireless | Consumer Electronics | Test & Measurement