RF Test Engineer I - Spaceflight RF & Telemetry

Kindredventures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion in Playa Vista, CA, seeks an RF Test Engineer to verify, validate, integrate, and characterize RF/Telemetry systems for next-generation re-entry vehicles. You will own RF test plans, collaborate with RF, antenna, DSP, FPGA, software teams, and contribute to automated data collection and formal reports; security clearance to Top Secret is required.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work with spectrum analyzers, VNAs, oscilloscopes, and the ability to develop test procedures and be part

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field with RF emphasis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute RF test plans for components, subsystems, and integrated vehicle systems.
• Set up and troubleshoot laboratory test configurations for RF receiver, transmitter, and antenna validation.
• Measure RF performance: gain, noise figure, bandwidth, linearity, spurious response, dynamic range.

Skills

RF testing

Test automation

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Technical communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Physics (RF emphasis)

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Vector network analyzers

Signal generators

Oscilloscopes

Power meters

Multimeters

Power supplies

Job description

Inversion in Playa Vista, CA, seeks an RF Test Engineer to verify, validate, integrate, and characterize RF/Telemetry systems for next-generation re-entry vehicles. You will own RF test plans, collaborate with RF, antenna, DSP, FPGA, software teams, and contribute to automated data collection and formal reports; security clearance to Top Secret is required.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work with spectrum analyzers, VNAs, oscilloscopes, and the ability to develop test procedures and be part