Principal RF Engineer I

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cesium seeks a Principal RF Engineer I in Cambridge to lead RF circuits, modules, and systems across all development phases. You will define architectures, select parts, perform detailed design and testing, and support in-orbit operations of Cesium's products.

The ideal candidate brings extensive RF electronics expertise, board-level schematic design, PCB layout proficiency, and strong communication skills for customer and executive reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university. Master of Science preferred.
• Minimum of 9 years of industry experience in design and analysis of RF electronics and systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in CST and ADS, as well as Altium.
• Extensive hands-on experience with lab instruments such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design RF circuits, modules and systems through all development phases.
• Schematic design and PCB layout of RF circuits and mixed-signal systems.
• Analyze link budgets, modulation schemes and end-to-end RF product development.
• Lead hardware design reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

RF design

Schematic design

PCB layout

Signal analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science desired

Tools

CST

ADS

Altium

Job description

Atthe company, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, the company is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individual to join our team as a Principal RF Engineer I. The ideal candidate has extensive experience inboard-level and system-level RF electronics design.If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing leading-edge phased arrays for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.In this position, you will be responsible for RF circuits, modules, and systems through all phases of the development process. The ideal candidate will be proficient in board-level schematic design and PCB layout of RF circuits, system-level communications concepts such as link budgets and modulation schemes, and end-to-end RF product development. The work will include many aspects of phased array communication systems, including RF front ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased array antennas.As a principal hardware team member, you will be responsible for RF system and hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, architecture definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support of Cesium's products. Hardware design tasks will include block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layout and routing, simulations, and test design. Principal Engineers also serve as technical and professional mentors in their field and may be given the opportunity to lead company programs.The successful candidate will also present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team, as well as participate in proposal-writing efforts. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.Successful candidates will require:

• Bachelor of Science (BS)) degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) from an accredited university or institution. Master of Science (MS) desired.
• Minimum of 9 years of industry experience in design and analysis of RF electronics and systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in professional simulation tools such as CST and ADS, as well as EDA tools such Altium.
• Extensive hands-on experience with lab instruments such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred experience includes:

• Python or other programming languages.
• Aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification.
• Worst-case circuit analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
• Antenna design
• EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

the company considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Please be aware that many roles will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including new starter’s nationality, any previous or dual nationalities held, place of birth and country of residence may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.