Senior Designer

PCL Construction, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Meridian Space in Long Beach, CA seeks an engineer to design and develop the satellite communication payload avionics, including RF front-ends, transceivers, modems, and antenna interfaces. You will own end-to-end hardware development for space-ready systems, from concept to fully integrated flight hardware.

You will lead hardware schematics, PCB layouts, and embedded control architectures, and drive integration, testing, and qualification against EMC/thermal/vibration standards.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 4 years RF/Analog circuit design and board layout experience.
• Experience modeling, designing, and testing radio subsystems for space payloads.
• Proficiency with hardware design tools such as Altium/Cadence.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop payload avionics systems including RF front-ends and antenna interfaces.
• Develop hardware schematics, PCB layouts, and embedded control architectures.
• Lead integration, testing, and qualification of payload avionics to space standards.
• Perform link-budget analysis and system modeling for space links.

Skills

RF design

Analog circuits

Signal integrity

Education

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

HFSS

CST

Job description

You are responsible for the design and development of the satellite communication payload avionics of the Meridian Space constellation. This includes radio systems, antenna signal interfaces, waveguide design, and antenna and radio control systems. As part of a small team tackling ambitious challenges, you'll take full ownership of the end-to-end success of your hardware in orbit - driving every aspect of development, from design to fully-integrated, space-ready systems. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Designing and developing communication payload avionics systems, including RF front-ends, transceivers, modems, and antenna interfaces
• Developing and reviewing hardware schematics, PCB layouts, and embedded control architectures for communication electronics
• Leading integration, testing, and qualification of payload avionics at subsystem and system levels (EMC, vibration, thermal, etc.)
• Participating in failure analysis, root cause investigations, and continuous improvement of communication hardware designs
• Performing link budget analysis, system modeling, and simulation for space-to-ground and inter-satellite communication links

Full-time

Long Beach, CA, USA

$60.00 hourly

Remote

Full-time

$90,500.00 yearly

$25.09 hourly

$19.42 hourly

$89,000.00 yearly

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Basic Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 4 years of broad experience doing RF/Analog circuit design and board layout using the relevant tools
• Experience modeling, designing, and testing radio subsystems, preferably for satellite payloads and at a system level
• Proficiency in hardware design tools (Altium Designer, Cadence, or equivalent)
• Experience using HFSS, CST, or similar RF simulation tools
• Ability to perform bench-level analog/power bring-up and troubleshooting using analog and digital test equipment like spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and vector signal generators
• Strong understanding of modulation schemes, RF architectures, and signal integrity principles
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with RF component characterization
• Experience with LEO/MEO/GEO satellite communication payloads
• Understanding of radiation effects and mitigation techniques in space environments
• Experience designing, manufacturing, and testing space flight hardware
• Expertise in automating test equipment
• Experience using analytical methods for signal integrity analysis