Senior Space RF Systems Engineer

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

York Space Systems in Greenwood Village, Colorado seeks a Senior RF Engineer to lead the technical integration of spacecraft RF communications. You will partner with internal teams and external vendors to architect high-reliability RF solutions and guide link-budget assessments for scalable performance.

This senior, systems-integration role focuses on directing vendor-provided RF hardware, validating performance, and ensuring resilient links throughout development and on-orbit operations in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Wireless Communications, or related discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in RF engineering or RF systems integration.
• Ability to independently perform space-to-ground link budget analysis.
• Advanced understanding of analog RF components and digital communication systems.
• Hands-on experience with design, development, and/or testing of RF communication systems.
• Familiarity with CCSDS and DVB-S2.
• Proficiency in Python scripting and Git.
• U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Willingness to work full-time in office in Greenwood Village, CO.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems-engineering development activities for RF subsystems across proposal, development, integration, test, and on-orbit phases.
• Drive implementation of robust, cost-effective RF communication architectures that enable manufacturing at scale.
• Own RF component specification development for compliance with spacecraft configuration and customer requirements.
• Serve as a senior technical resource for RF physics, communication theory, and link-budget methodology.
• Validate waveform compatibility and support root-cause analysis for on-orbit link issues.
• Lead requirement decomposition and allocation activities for RF systems.
• Develop, maintain, and present systems-engineering artifacts for major program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR).
• Drive enhancement of RF link analysis tools and lead new modeling initiatives.
• Perform antenna co-interference simulations using advanced 3D EM tools.
• Support AIT through evaluation of non-conformances, master test plan reviews, and as-run analysis.
• Travel as needed to support testing campaigns and launch operations.

Skills

RF engineering

Python scripting

Git

Space-to-ground link budget

RF systems integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

York Space Systems in Greenwood Village, Colorado seeks a Senior RF Engineer to lead the technical integration of spacecraft RF communications. You will partner with internal teams and external vendors to architect high-reliability RF solutions and guide link-budget assessments for scalable performance.

This senior, systems-integration role focuses on directing vendor-provided RF hardware, validating performance, and ensuring resilient links throughout development and on-orbit operations in a