RF Engineer: Phased Arrays & Satellite Ground Systems

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Starlink RF Engineer position requires owning phased array, Wi‑Fi, and other RF systems for customer‑facing hardware. You will design, implement, and verify small router antennas, phased arrays, and reflector systems, collaborating with EE/ME/DSP and software teams to drive concept development to production.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional work across global gateways and ground stations, with a focus on test, validation, and automation using Python and related tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of RF experience with antennas or communication systems (internship and extracurricular experience allowed).
• 1+ years of professional programming experience in Python, C++, or MATLAB.
• Experience with RF test equipment and measurement devices.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems and RF front ends for next‑generation phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products.
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (antennas, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance.
• Work in close collaboration with EE, ME, DSP and software engineers 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.
• Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test and test equipment.

Skills

RF engineering

Antenna design

Python

C++

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Vector signal analyzers

Vector signal generators

Network analyzers

Job description

Starlink RF Engineer position requires owning phased array, Wi‑Fi, and other RF systems for customer‑facing hardware. You will design, implement, and verify small router antennas, phased arrays, and reflector systems, collaborating with EE/ME/DSP and software teams to drive concept development to production.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional work across global gateways and ground stations, with a focus on test, validation, and automation using Python and related tools.