3 months ago

Sr. Antenna Engineer (Starship)

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Job Summary

Lead RF antenna design and hardware development for SpaceX Starship, owning the complete lifecycle from concept through prototyping, tests, and flight integration. Work across RF front-end, baseband, and spacecraft systems, collaborating with mechanical, production and test teams to optimize antennas, feeds, and measurement systems across VHF to Ka-band and contribute to GPS/radar sensing capabilities.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design antennas for communications and sensors across the RF spectrum (VHF to Ka-band)
•Build and characterize antenna, feed, and front-end prototypes
•Develop measurement systems to support design verification and testing
•Analyze wireless systems including antenna isolation, patterns near large structures, and propagation effects
•Collaborate with RF manufacturing, mechanical integration, and test teams to ensure design for production and testability

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 225,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid LeaveEquityDisability InsuranceLife InsuranceHolidays

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
•5+ years of relevant professional or project experience in antenna design/build/test and electromagnetic simulations
•Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering with RF/antenna research (preferred)
•Experience with test equipment (spectrum analyzer, signal generator, network analyzer, power meters)
•Experience with electromagnetics simulation tools (HFSS, CST, Savant) and RF circuit tools (AWR, ADS, Genesys)

Experience:5+ yearsAerospaceRFAntenna design

Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Skills:CommunicationDocumentationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:HFSSCSTSavantAltiumOrcadADSGenesysPythonMATLABC/C++FPGA

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

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

3 months ago

Sr. Antenna Engineer (Starship)

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Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design antennas for communications and sensors across the RF spectrum (VHF to Ka-band)
•Build and characterize antenna, feed, and front-end prototypes
•Develop measurement systems to support design verification and testing
•Analyze wireless systems including antenna isolation, patterns near large structures, and propagation effects
•Collaborate with RF manufacturing, mechanical integration, and test teams to ensure design for production and testability

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 225,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid LeaveEquityDisability InsuranceLife InsuranceHolidays

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
•5+ years of relevant professional or project experience in antenna design/build/test and electromagnetic simulations
•Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering with RF/antenna research (preferred)
•Experience with test equipment (spectrum analyzer, signal generator, network analyzer, power meters)
•Experience with electromagnetics simulation tools (HFSS, CST, Savant) and RF circuit tools (AWR, ADS, Genesys)

Experience:5+ yearsAerospaceRFAntenna design

Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Skills:CommunicationDocumentationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:HFSSCSTSavantAltiumOrcadADSGenesysPythonMATLABC/C++FPGA

Company Brief

SpaceX

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

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn