Senior RF Design Engineer — Military SATCOM Systems

TAMPA MICROWAVE; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Yearly Incentive Bonus Program

401(k) up to 5% company contribution

PTO and 10 paid holidays per year

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

9/80 Work Schedule

Onsite role

Job summary

Tampa Microwave is seeking a Principal RF Design Engineer at its Clearwater, FL site to lead advanced SATCOM systems including antennas, RF components, and transceiver modules. You will work with manufacturing to realize high‑reliability, multi‑orbit solutions for DoD programs.

This role requires a strong background in RF design, system integration, and verification, with direct responsibility for deriving hardware specifications and ensuring Mil‑STD compliance.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Master’s Degree in Science or equivalent in Engineering, Mathematics or Physics with MBA or equivalent business education/experience.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in military or commercial SATCOM.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate, and select RF components with layout development and testing.
• Collaborate on analog design addressing power for RF systems and logic integration.
• Develop land-based SATCOM modules: receive/transmit, modems, antennas, power supplies.
• Translate system requirements into hardware specs for modular RF products.
• Lead hardware/software requirements for ground-based SATCOM products.
• Perform link budget analysis for GEO, MEO, LEO in X/Ku/Ka bands.
• Design waveguides and high-performance filters up to 40 GHz.
• Interface with satellite providers and government entities for certifications.
• Develop test specs and verification matrices to meet Mil STD and industry standards.
• Maintain structured design processes from requirements to production and support.

Skills

RF design

SATCOM

Systems engineering

Project leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering/Math/Physics

MBA or equivalent business education/experience

Ph.D. (preferred)

Job description

Tampa Microwave is seeking a Principal RF Design Engineer at its Clearwater, FL site to lead advanced SATCOM systems including antennas, RF components, and transceiver modules. You will work with manufacturing to realize high‑reliability, multi‑orbit solutions for DoD programs.

This role requires a strong background in RF design, system integration, and verification, with direct responsibility for deriving hardware specifications and ensuring Mil‑STD compliance.