RF Test Engineer I - Spacecraft Telemetry & RF Validation

Inversion; California (MO); On-site; USD 106,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion is seeking an RF Test Engineer to verify, validate, integrate, and characterize flight and ground RF/Telemetry systems for next-generation re-entry vehicles. You will join the Avionics team and own development and execution of RF test plans through hardware test and mission-readiness verification.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to test data reports, automation, and environmental campaigns, ensuring high reliability in demanding aerospace contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field with RF emphasis.
• 1–3 years of RF test, measurement, validation, or integration experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance up to Top Secret.
• Hands-on RF test and measurement for component, subsystem, and system validation.
• Proficiency with lab equipment: spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, oscilloscopes, power meters.
• Experience with test automation using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute RF test plans, procedures, and verification methods for components and systems.
• Set up and troubleshoot laboratory test configurations for RF validation.
• Measure RF performance: gain, noise figure, bandwidth, linearity, and interferences.
• Conduct RF tests using standard lab equipment and document results.
• Support integration and debugging of RF hardware across development and test stages.
• Coordinate with RF, antenna, DSP, FPGA, software, and electrical teams during tests.

Skills

RF test and measurement

Python scripting

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Spectrum Analyzers

Vector Network Analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Power Meters

Multimeters

Job description

Inversion is seeking an RF Test Engineer to verify, validate, integrate, and characterize flight and ground RF/Telemetry systems for next-generation re-entry vehicles. You will join the Avionics team and own development and execution of RF test plans through hardware test and mission-readiness verification.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to test data reports, automation, and environmental campaigns, ensuring high reliability in demanding aerospace contexts.