Senior Antenna Engineer, Satellite RF & Phased Arrays

SpaceX; Redmond; On-site; AUD 236,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock incentives and bonuses

Health, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability and life insurance

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ paid holidays per year

SpaceX shuttle service to Seattle area

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Antenna Engineer in Redmond, WA to own advanced RF antenna systems including phased arrays and reflectors. You will work across engineering teams to design, prototype, validate, and integrate antennas for satellites and customer-facing hardware.

The role requires a strong background in RF, antennas, and 3D EM simulations, with collaboration across electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. SpaceX offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of research or development experience in RF and antennas.
• 1+ years of experience using 3D EM simulation tools (CST, HFSS, FEKO, EMPro, TICRA or XFDTD).

Responsibilities

• Design of advanced antenna and feed systems for next generation products (phased array and reflector).
• Fabricate and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems and RF front ends.
• Contribute to software development and testing of digital beamforming systems to demonstrate full phased array functionality.
• Provide phased array expertise to set specifications and debug problems for satellite and consumer products.
• Perform design validation testing of prototype and production designs.
• Contribute to integration of antennas into spacecraft and other systems.

Skills

Phased array antennas

RF engineering

Antenna design

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering

Tools

CST

HFSS

FEKO

EMPro

TICRA

XFDTD

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Antenna Engineer in Redmond, WA to own advanced RF antenna systems including phased arrays and reflectors. You will work across engineering teams to design, prototype, validate, and integrate antennas for satellites and customer-facing hardware.

The role requires a strong background in RF, antennas, and 3D EM simulations, with collaboration across electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. SpaceX offers competitive compensation and benefits.