RF/Microwave Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: []

Design, simulate, and verify RF/microwave hardware for SpaceX Starlink satellites and ground systems. Collaborate with system architects, RF/antenna engineers, DSP/ASIC teams, and test teams to define top-level RF specifications, assess design feasibility, and characterize performance for a high-impact satellite broadband network.

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SpaceX
4 months ago

RF/Microwave Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Design, simulate, and verify RF/microwave hardware for SpaceX Starlink satellites and ground systems. Collaborate with system architects, RF/antenna engineers, DSP/ASIC teams, and test teams to define top-level RF specifications, assess design feasibility, and characterize performance for a high-impact satellite broadband network.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Simulate and model communication systems.
  • •Work with system architects, RF engineers, antenna engineers, modem/DSP, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains.
  • •Assess feasibility of various designs in support of architectural definition.
  • •Deriving top-level specifications for RF links and RF and antenna subsystems.
  • •Characterize and analyze system performance.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kDisabilityLife InsurancePaid LeaveHolidaysShuttle Service

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics or other engineering discipline
  • •1+ years of research and/or industry experience in RF/microwave circuit design (internships and co-ops can apply)
  • •1+ years of experience using one of the 3D EM simulation tools (CST, HFSS, FEKO, SEMCAD, EMPro, TICRA or XFDTD)
  • •Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering discipline (or 2y+ industry experience) with emphasis in RF/microwave circuits or electromagnetic theory
  • •Experience with design of linear and non-linear circuits such as power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, filters and PLLs
Experience:1+ yearsRF/microwaveCircuit designAntenna systemsDigital communication
Education:Bachelor's
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CSTHFSSFEKOSEMCADEMProTICRAXFDTDAltium DesignerMatlabPythonC++LabVIEWADSAWR

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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