RFIC Engineer for Spaceborne AI Satellites

United States Digital Space LLC; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks an RFIC Engineer to work on the Starmind constellation, developing RF front-end and microwave circuits for space and ground infrastructure. You will design, simulate, and validate high-performance RF blocks for orbital AI inference.

The role requires hands-on experience with RF/microwave circuit design, and familiarity with ADS/HFSS/AWR and PCB tools like Altium. Collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams will accelerate cutting-edge space technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is required.
• 2+ years of research and/or industry experience in RF/microwave circuit design.

Responsibilities

• Simulate/model RF front-end systems with system architects and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software.
• Derive RF HW specifications for RF system and RF blocks.
• Develop RF/microwave circuits, components, MMICs, boards and packages.
• Evaluate and characterize prototypes and RF components.
• Characterize and analyze full radio performance.
• Assist in developing automated test equipment for lab measurements.
• Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing of RF avionics components and systems.

Skills

RF/microwave circuit design

RF front-end systems

linear & nonlinear circuits

power amplifiers

low noise amplifiers

mixers

filters

PLLs

digital communication systems

antenna knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's or PhD in RF engineering or related

Tools

ADS

HFSS

AWR

Altium Designer

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks an RFIC Engineer to work on the Starmind constellation, developing RF front-end and microwave circuits for space and ground infrastructure. You will design, simulate, and validate high-performance RF blocks for orbital AI inference.

The role requires hands-on experience with RF/microwave circuit design, and familiarity with ADS/HFSS/AWR and PCB tools like Altium. Collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams will accelerate cutting-edge space technologies.