Senior MMIC Design Engineer – Space RF, Equity

K2 Space; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

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Job summary

K2 Space seeks a Senior MMIC Design Engineer to develop high-performance RF and millimeter-wave ICs for next-generation satellite communications.

You will own MMIC designs from architecture through tapeout, characterization, and integration, collaborating with RF systems, antenna, and packaging teams.

The role requires a PhD or MS in EE and 5+ years of GaAs/GaN MMIC experience, plus hands-on RF test and layout skills.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in designing RF/millimeter-wave MMICs in GaAs and/or GaN technologies.
• Demonstrated design experience with PAs, LNAs, and/or RF switches, with deep expertise in at least one of these areas.
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals including impedance matching, stability, noise, linearity, power handling, and nonlinear behavior.
• Experience with Cadence, Keysight ADS, EM simulation tools, or equivalent RF/MMIC design environments.
• Hands-on experience with RF/mmWave characterization and equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and load-pull systems.
• Experience taking designs through tapeout and measured hardware validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop power amplifiers (PAs), low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), and RF switches in GaAs and GaN technologies.
• Own designs from architecture and topology selection through schematic design, layout, EM simulation, tapeout, and silicon/MMIC characterization.
• Optimize circuits for output power, efficiency, linearity, noise figure, bandwidth, gain, and robustness.
• Perform RF and electromagnetic simulations, including passive structures, matching networks, interconnects, and package/interface effects.
• Develop test plans and characterize MMICs using RF and millimeter-wave laboratory equipment.
• Correlate measured performance with simulation and drive design improvements.
• Work closely with RF systems, antenna, packaging, and transceiver IC teams to define interfaces and enable system-level integration.
• Contribute to technology evaluation, architecture trades, design methodology, and development of MMIC capabilities from the ground up.

Skills

RF fundamentals

Impedance matching

Nonlinear behavior

Schematic design

Layout

EM simulation

Tapeout experience

RF/mmWave characterization

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Keysight ADS

EM simulation tools

Job description

K2 Space seeks a Senior MMIC Design Engineer to develop high-performance RF and millimeter-wave ICs for next-generation satellite communications.

You will own MMIC designs from architecture through tapeout, characterization, and integration, collaborating with RF systems, antenna, and packaging teams.

The role requires a PhD or MS in EE and 5+ years of GaAs/GaN MMIC experience, plus hands-on RF test and layout skills.