Antenna Engineer for Global Satellite Internet & RF

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Antenna Engineer (Starlink) to own phased array, Wi‑Fi, and RF systems for customer‑facing hardware. You will work on advanced parabolic antennas for gateways/ground stations deployed globally and design small router antennas and reflector systems.

You will interact with senior leadership and collaborate with electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to move from concept to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of antennas or communication systems experience.
• 1+ years with radio test equipment (spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, network analyzers).
• 1+ years of programming in Python, C#, C++, or MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate, and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems, and RF front ends for next‑gen phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products.
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (antennas, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, DSP, and software teams to design and validate RF systems.
• Create and test phased array alignment solutions.
• Rapidly develop design, validation, and production test solutions for high‑volume consumer products and gateway antennas.
• Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and documentation systems.

Skills

Antenna design

Python

C++

MATLAB

RF testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's or PhD in electrical engineering (RF focus)

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Vector signal analyzers

Vector signal generators

Network analyzers

MMWave waveguides

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Antenna Engineer (Starlink) to own phased array, Wi‑Fi, and RF systems for customer‑facing hardware. You will work on advanced parabolic antennas for gateways/ground stations deployed globally and design small router antennas and reflector systems.

You will interact with senior leadership and collaborate with electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to move from concept to production.