Impulse Space

Senior RF Design Engineer (Millimeter Wave)

Redondo Beach, California, United States

$130-185k

Full Time

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Job description

As a Senior RF Design Engineer, you will own the design, testing, and delivery of flight RF hardware systems for space missions anywhere from low Earth orbit to mars. You will also conduct vehicle-level testing, RF integration, and desense evaluations.

Responsibilities

Design and bring up RF transmit and receive systems supporting operation from S-Band to Ka-Band
Develop RF hardware components including amplifiers, mixers, splitters, filters, shielded enclosures, and antenna hats.
Evaluate and design for mitigation of desense, EMI, EMC, and co-existence issues.
Work with a cross-disciplinary team to define and implement RF hardware requirements on a mission-by-mission basis, design RF PCBs, bring up and troubleshoot RF systems, and integrate systems to spacecraft
Derive RF hardware design requirements from system-level specifications
Improve existing RF products throughout their lifecycle by troubleshooting issues, performing failure analysis of parts and systems, and implementing improvements

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
3+ years experience designing RF components or PCBs above 18GHz
5+ years experience designing or testing RF components or systems
Strong RF PCB design and debugging skills
Demonstrated ability to design and integrate RF components including LNAs, filters, PAs, mixers, etc.
Demonstrated ability to work in the lab with RF equipment including spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios
Strong understanding of the blocks of RF front ends
Familiarity with blocks of signal modulation/demodulation and modulation schemes such as BPSK, APSK, GMSK, FSK, etc
Experience with link budget and lineup calculations
Experience characterizing system desense and coexistence

Preferred Skills and Experience

Demonstrated experience working on RF front end design for electronically steerable antennas (ESAs)
Familiarity with an electromagnetic simulation software such as HFSS, CST, ADS, or Genesys
Demonstrated design and test experience on launch vehicles, satellites, or other spacecraft
Demonstrated ability to design and conduct testing for EMC and EMI compliance
Experience with common RF protocols like SRS4, DVBS-II, and CCSDS
Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.