Sr. RF/Microwave Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem solving","Communication","Team collaboration"]

Senior RF/microwave engineer within SpaceX’s Satellite Payload Engineering for Starlink, focused on design, implementation, and verification of RF hardware for satellites and ground communication systems. Collaborates with system architects, RF/antenna engineers, DSP/ASIC teams, and regulatory groups to define architectures, assess designs, and derive RF specifications for high-performance wireless links.

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SpaceX
4 months ago

Sr. RF/Microwave Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Senior RF/microwave engineer within SpaceX’s Satellite Payload Engineering for Starlink, focused on design, implementation, and verification of RF hardware for satellites and ground communication systems. Collaborates with system architects, RF/antenna engineers, DSP/ASIC teams, and regulatory groups to define architectures, assess designs, and derive RF specifications for high-performance wireless links.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

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.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics or other engineering discipline
  • •5+ years of research and/or industry experience in RF/microwave circuit design
  • •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 (preferred)
  • •Experience with design of linear and nonlinear circuits such as power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, filters and PLLs (preferred)
Experience:5+ yearsAerospaceTelecommunicationsRF engineeringSatellites
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering
Skills:Problem solvingCommunicationTeam collaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CSTHFSSFEKOADSAWRAltium DesignerMatlabPythonC++LabVIEW

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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