RF Test Engineer

The role

The RF Test Engineer will design, build, test, and manage prototype and production test systems for satellite RF payloads. You will work with RF and baseband hardware including phased arrays, antennas, and modems.

What you will do

• Select, procure, deploy, automate, and validate RF test equipment across internal and CM facilities
• Select, procure, deploy, and validate ground support equipment across internal and CM facilities
• Collaborate with hardware and software design teams to integrate design for test principles
• Define and create production test procedures and test plans
• Assist with managing qualification and acceptance test campaigns for space environments
• Develop, deploy, and maintain test software for automation and data collection
• Define and manage production test limits, guard banding strategies, and yield targets
• Analyze test data and production yields to identify root causes of failures
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for production test issues

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field
• Ability and willingness to travel to manufacturing lines, including foreign countries
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in RF hardware and/or test engineering
• Hands-on experience with RF test and measurement tools such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and SDRs
• Proficiency in test automation scripting, data collection, data post-processing, and programming languages like Python, MATLAB, C#, or LabVIEW
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field with a focus on RF, millimeter wave, and/or antennas
• 2 to 6 years of professional experience working on RF hardware, production test engineering, and/or manufacturing test engineering
• Technical fundamentals in RF including S-parameters, antenna patterns, up/downconverters, amplifier gain, output power, efficiency and linearity
• Proven experience developing test systems for complex electronic hardware involving RF, digital, and baseband signals
• Experience testing hardware for space environments or similar per standards such as SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-461
• Experience partnering directly with CMs for high-volume production test deployment and management
• Experience with production tests for space systems, satellite payloads, or aerospace hardware
• Demonstrated ability to drive substantial improvements in production test yield, throughput, and efficiency
• Familiar with over-the-air testing for antennas in a high-volume production environment

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• 401k match
• Snacks and food in the office
• Paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Offers will be contingent on the candidate's ability to access export-controlled information under U.S. law

About the company

Logos Space is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system designed to provide resilient, high-performance satellite-based connectivity services to enterprise and government customers worldwide.