Senior RF/EE Engineer - Satellite Payload & Constellation

Lynk; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynk is hiring a Senior RF/Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, and optimize nanosatellite payloads and the associated RF/communications hardware and software. You will work across RF, electrical, mechanical, and software domains with bench testing, simulations, and antenna considerations.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering to shape constellation architecture while progressing payload development from concept to in-orbit validation. Strong Linux and programming skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in RF or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years in design, integration, or test of space hardware.
• Experience with space payload hardware and software, preferably comms systems.
• Hands-on with SDRs, antennas, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs, SoCs, SBCs, microcontrollers.
• Proficiency in C++, C, Python, MATLAB, etc.
• Experience with Linux systems.
• Knowledge of VHDL/Verilog and FPGA toolchains.
• Familiarity with Altium and RF air interfaces (TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, CDMA).
• Experience integrating hardware and software systems; strong PC skills.

Responsibilities

• Support spacecraft payload hardware design and software development.
• 8+ years RF/EE experience within space projects.
• Support nanosatellite antenna technology selection and design.
• Develop link budgets, simulations, and RF system dimensioning.
• Assist payload integration, testing, and delivery to launch partners.
• Plan payload testing configurations for ground and in-orbit tests.
• Interface with Systems Engineering on constellation/network design.
• Bench-level mechatronics work and software-based systems analysis.
• Maintain technical documentation for payload development.
• Work independently and within a team.

Skills

RF hardware

FPGAs

GPUs

SoCs

Microcontrollers

Linux

C++

C

Python

MATLAB

VHDL/Verilog

Altium

Networking protocols

SDRs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in RF or Electrical Engineering

7+ years of space hardware project experience

Tools

Altium

FPGA design tools

Spectrum analyzer

Job description

Lynk is hiring a Senior RF/Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, and optimize nanosatellite payloads and the associated RF/communications hardware and software. You will work across RF, electrical, mechanical, and software domains with bench testing, simulations, and antenna considerations.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering to shape constellation architecture while progressing payload development from concept to in-orbit validation. Strong Linux and programming skills are required.