RF Software Engineer — Starshield: Space & Security

United States Digital Space LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision, and dental benefits

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation + 10+ holidays

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an RF Software Engineer (STARSHIELD) to work on advanced satellite RF capabilities for national security. You will collaborate with RF, DSP, hardware, FPGA, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit.

Responsibilities include driving RF design decisions, building automated RF test benches, and developing modular test infrastructure using Python and C++.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of professional development in C/C++ or Python.
• 1+ years of experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum/VNA/VSG/VSA.
• 1+ years of RF experience with antennas or communications systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive program-level decisions on RF system designs.
• Design, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization.
• Create modular RF test infrastructure and Python/C++ automation sequences.
• Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to validate RF systems.
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware.

Skills

C/C++

Python

RF concepts

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

VNA

VSG

VSA

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an RF Software Engineer (STARSHIELD) to work on advanced satellite RF capabilities for national security. You will collaborate with RF, DSP, hardware, FPGA, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit.

Responsibilities include driving RF design decisions, building automated RF test benches, and developing modular test infrastructure using Python and C++.