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Principal RF Engineer (Starshield)

1 hour, 38 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Hardware Engineer
IoT and Embedded Systems
MATLAB Python
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SpaceX

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of revolutionizing space technology and enabling human life on other planets.

Aerospace & Defense
10K-50K
Founded 2002
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Description

  • Drive program-level decisions on RF system designs.
  • Research novel solutions for large-scale satellite RF systems.
  • Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems.
  • Develop and support RF hardware through board testing, defect detection, full functional testing, and on-orbit anomaly resolution.
  • Create electromagnetic simulation models for antennas, filters, and PCB layouts to evaluate performance.
  • Modify electrical schematics and mechanical drawings for flight applications to improve reliability and manufacturability.
  • Support advanced development programs for U.S. national security missions.
  • Work in a fast-paced environment from design and demo through operational capability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering.
  • 8+ years of RF engineering experience.
  • Experience with modeling and analysis tools such as HFSS, CST, ADS, MATLAB, C/C++, and/or Python.
  • Experience with RF test equipment such as VNA and spectrum analyzers.
  • Experience creating and maintaining link budgets for communications or remote sensing systems.
  • Master’s degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in microwave/RF engineering preferred.
  • Experience modeling RF and channel impairments such as multipath, phase noise, group delay, fading, and nonlinear distortion preferred.
  • Experience designing RF systems for radio astronomy, SIGINT, ELINT, radar, or wireless communications preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of antenna theory preferred.
  • Experience with software-defined radios and frameworks such as GNU Radio preferred.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret SCI clearance preferred.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or otherwise eligible for required U.S. export authorizations.
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
  • Active clearance may subject the candidate to pre-employment drug testing and random drug and alcohol testing.

Benefits

  • Pay range of $200,000 to $285,000 per year.
  • 10% clearance differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once briefed into a classified program.
  • Eligibility for long-term incentives including company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
  • Potential discretionary bonuses and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchases.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year.

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