Senior Spacecraft RF Engineer - Top Secret Eligible

Darwin Recruitment; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage for employees

Dental and vision

401k matching

Relocation support

Flexible vacation/leave

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is helping a spaceflight client in Los Angeles recruit a Spacecraft RF Engineer to own the RF architecture, design boards, and guide testing through integration.

You will lead EMI/EMC analysis, magnetic cleanliness, and ensure compliance with FCC and NTIA. 5+ years of aerospace hardware experience and DoD clearance eligibility are required.

This is an in-office, full-time position with relocation support and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or aerospace engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on aerospace hardware experience.
• Strong experience with link budgets and spacecraft communications subsystems.
• Proficiency with Altium or KiCad.
• Experience with oscilloscopes and RF testing equipment.
• Clean room and ESD experience.
• US DoD Top Secret security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF system architecture, link budget analysis and communications subsystem integration.
• Design and route custom PCBs that interface with other spacecraft subsystems.
• Run EMI/EMC analysis and testing across the whole spacecraft.
• Lead magnetic cleanliness, including dipole modelling, stray field budgeting and hands-on magnetic survey testing on flight hardware.
• Ensure designs meet FCC and NTIA requirements.
• Document design processes and test results.
• Guide other engineers on test configurations and grounding.

Skills

RF system design

Link budgets

EMI/EMC analysis

Grounding

Clean room/ESD

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is helping a spaceflight client in Los Angeles recruit a Spacecraft RF Engineer to own the RF architecture, design boards, and guide testing through integration.

You will lead EMI/EMC analysis, magnetic cleanliness, and ensure compliance with FCC and NTIA. 5+ years of aerospace hardware experience and DoD clearance eligibility are required.

This is an in-office, full-time position with relocation support and competitive benefits.