GNSS Payload Engineer - Space RF & Weather Satellite

Tomorrow.io; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Unlimited paid time off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Tomorrow.io is seeking a GNSS Payload Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and on-orbit performance of GNSS payloads for our weather observation constellation.

You will translate mission objectives into instrument requirements, support performance analyses, and contribute throughout integration, test, and operations. This role offers exposure to RF systems, spacecraft engineering, and atmospheric science, with ownership growth in a mission-driven team.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of hands-on GNSS/RF engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in GNSS signals, receiver operation, and performance metrics.
• Experience with GNSS receivers, RF front ends, antennas, timing references, or related interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, verify, and assess GNSS payloads for space-based weather observations.
• Translate mission requirements into payload interfaces, budgets, and verification plans.
• Perform GNSS/rF analyses, link budgets, receiver sensitivity, C/N0, and interference assessments.
• Design and validate GNSS receivers, RF front ends, antennas, and timing references.
• Collaborate across payload, spacecraft, software, and science teams to resolve issues.

Skills

GNSS fundamentals

RF systems

Payload integration

Link budgets

HIL testing

System engineering

Tools

RF signal simulators

Environmental testing

Job description

Tomorrow.io is seeking a GNSS Payload Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and on-orbit performance of GNSS payloads for our weather observation constellation.

You will translate mission objectives into instrument requirements, support performance analyses, and contribute throughout integration, test, and operations. This role offers exposure to RF systems, spacecraft engineering, and atmospheric science, with ownership growth in a mission-driven team.