Base Salary
$165k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive program-level decisions for RF system designs
- Research novel solutions for large-scale satellite RF systems
- Design, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for custom RF characterization
- Develop modular, scalable RF test infrastructure and automation sequences in Python and C++ for design validation, qualification, and production
- Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems
- Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware to evaluate performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or another engineering discipline
- At least five years of professional development experience in C/C++ or Python
- Experience with spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers
- RF experience with antennas or communication systems
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering or another engineering discipline preferred
- Experience testing active and passive RF devices, including filters, amplifiers, mixers, and upconverters/downconverters preferred
- Knowledge of RF concepts including gain, linearity, P1dB, ACLR, EVM, PAE, S-parameters, and input/output matching preferred
- Experience with software design principles, software architecture, design patterns, and unit/integration testing methodology preferred
- Experience with environmental test methodologies and equipment such as thermal chambers and temperature forcing systems preferred
- Experience troubleshooting software-hardware interactions involving network devices and laboratory instrumentation preferred
- Experience using Windows and Linux preferred
- Experience with configuration management and version control software preferred
- Active TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Employee discounts and other perks
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually
- Paid sick leave according to company policy
- Active-clearance employees may receive a clearance differential
- May require extended hours and weekend work
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.