Senior RF/Comms System Engineer

The role

This person will design and develop RF, digital, and optical satellite communications systems and spacecraft architectures. They will work on hardware and software to meet communications requirements for buses and ground stations.

What you will do

• Design and develop RF, digital, and optical satellite communications systems and spacecraft architectures
• Work with ground segments- build, integration, and test
• Define and verify space communication system requirements and interfaces
• Drive requirements for subcomponents and drive supplier down selection
• Perform analyses and simulations for space communication systems
• Develop analysis tools using MATLAB and object-oriented software platforms
• Develop and verify system algorithms
• Perform hardware procurement, integration, design reviews, and verification
• Work closely with other engineers to achieve overall system requirements
• Work with payload customers to accommodate payload requirements

Required qualifications

• U.S. Person status is required
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field
• 5+ years of spacecraft RF and Telemetry communications experience-designing and testing space links
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Extensive experience in spacecraft design, launch, and operation, including experience at all phases of the development lifecycle
• Experience in integrated software/hardware verification and testing

Nice to have

• Master’s degree

Benefits

• Equity in Apex
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• $100k life insurance at no cost
• Starting at 15 days vacation, growing to 20+ days annually
• 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with 100% match on first 3% and 50% on next 2%
• 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Childcare reimbursement up to $350/day for work-related travel
• Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks
• Monthly office socials, pickleball tournaments, run club, and gatherings
• Stock options

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status is required to access export controlled data
• Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required export authorizations

About the company

Apex manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware designed for manufacturing. The company is a fast-growing startup that has raised more than $500M in funding.