Senior RF Engineer

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro, Inc. is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to design RF electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems. You will handle board-level schematics, PCB layouts, and system-level concepts like link budgets and modulation schemes.

The role involves design reviews, simulations, and test design, with opportunities to work in a startup-like environment. Excellent communication skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in RF electronics design, analysis, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with CST and ADS, and EDA tools such as Altium; hands-on with lab instruments.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF hardware design from concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, and testing.
• Create block diagrams, schematics, PCB layouts, simulations, and test designs for RF systems.
• Present engineering design reviews to customers and executives, and contribute to proposals.

Skills

RF design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Lab instrumentation

Technical communication

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CST

ADS

Altium

Job description

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands‑on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward‑thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Senior RF Engineer to our team. The ideal candidate has experience inboard-level RF electronics design. If you enjoy working in a startup environment, and are passionate about developing leading‑edge RF hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

In this position, you will be responsible for RF circuits and systems through all phases of the development process. The ideal candidate will be proficient in board‑level schematic design and PCB layout of RF circuits, and system‑level communications concepts such as link budgets and modulation schemes. The work will include many aspects of phased array communication systems, including RF front‑ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased array antennas.

As a CesiumAstro hardware team member, you will be responsible for RF hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in‑orbit support of Cesium's products. Hardware design tasks will include block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layout and routing, simulations, and test design.

The successful candidate will also present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team, as well as participate in proposal‑writing efforts. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) from an accredited university or institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in design and analysis of RF electronics design, analysis, test, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with professional simulation tools such as CST and ADS, as well as EDA tools such Altium.
• Hands‑on experience with lab instruments such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• MATLAB or other programming languages.
• Aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification.
• Worst‑case circuit analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
• Antenna design.
• EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full‑time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members will be considered property of CesiumAstro, and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.