Spacecraft RF Engineer – EMI/EMC & Magnetic Cleanliness

Motive Workforce Solutions; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive Workforce, partnering with a Los Angeles-based spacecraft technology company, seeks an experienced Spacecraft RF Engineer to lead system-level design, evaluation, PCB layout, testing, and integration of RF subsystems for flight programs.

The role includes EMI/EMC compliance, magnetic cleanliness, and magnetics requirements for magnetically sensitive payloads, with responsibilities spanning design, testing, and regulatory documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience with spacecraft RF systems and verification testing.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC standards and magnetics requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF system architecture design, link budget analyses, and integration of spacecraft communications subsystems.
• Design and route custom PCBs interfacing with spacecraft subsystems.
• Perform spacecraft-level EMI/EMC analysis and testing.
• Lead magnetic cleanliness efforts, including dipole modeling and magnetic survey testing of flight hardware.
• Support FCC and NTIA regulatory compliance.
• Document designs, analyses, testing procedures, and results.
• Provide guidance on RF test configurations, grounding and integration activities.

Skills

RF architecture design

Link budget analyses

PCB layout routing

EMI/EMC analysis

Magnetic cleanliness

Regulatory compliance (FCC/NTIA)

Job description

Motive Workforce, partnering with a Los Angeles-based spacecraft technology company, seeks an experienced Spacecraft RF Engineer to lead system-level design, evaluation, PCB layout, testing, and integration of RF subsystems for flight programs.

The role includes EMI/EMC compliance, magnetic cleanliness, and magnetics requirements for magnetically sensitive payloads, with responsibilities spanning design, testing, and regulatory documentation.