Senior RF Hardware Engineer — Spaceborne SDR & RF Systems

K2Spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking an experienced RF engineer to design and develop microwave hardware for the largest satellites ever flown. In six months you will architect, develop, test, and integrate RF electronics for SDR systems in space missions and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team across antenna, FPGA, DSP, software, mechanical, and electrical engineers.

Over two years you will have flown your system in space and advanced RF technologies for space platforms, contributing to high-power

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
• 5+ years of experience in microwave and RF engineering
• Experience designing multilayer PCBAs and integrating commercial off-the-shelf integrated circuits for RF applications in Altium or similar PCB design tools
• Experience with RF circuit modeling and analysis software tools such as Cadence AWR Microwave Office and Keysight ADS
• Experience with RF test equipment such as vector network analyzers (VNA), spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere

Responsibilities

• Design and development of radiofrequency and microwave hardware from UHF 200 MHz through Ka band 30 GHz, including phased array antennas, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, RF mixers, up and downconverters, high speed data converters, and other RF electronics components
• Design printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) for spacecraft including architecture, schematic capture, component selection, layout, bring up and debugging
• Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft system
• Act as technical leader and subject-matter expert helping to teach, grow, and mentor others in the team

Skills

Microwave & RF engineering

PCB design

VNA test equipment

Fast-paced startup

Education

Bachelor’s degree in EE/CS/related STEM field

Tools

Cadence AWR Microwave Office

Keysight ADS

Altium

Job description

K2 Space is seeking an experienced RF engineer to design and develop microwave hardware for the largest satellites ever flown. In six months you will architect, develop, test, and integrate RF electronics for SDR systems in space missions and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team across antenna, FPGA, DSP, software, mechanical, and electrical engineers.

Over two years you will have flown your system in space and advanced RF technologies for space platforms, contributing to high-power