RF Hardware Engineer

The role

You will design and develop radiofrequency and microwave electronics for large, high-power satellites. You will architect, develop, test, and integrate new RF electronics for use in software defined radio systems.

What you will do

• Design and development of radiofrequency and microwave hardware from UHF 200 MHz through Ka band 30 GHz
• Design printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) for spacecraft
• Qualify designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to integrate designs into the spacecraft system

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
• 1+ years of experience in microwave and RF engineering
• Experience designing multilayer PCBAs and integrating commercial off-the-shelf integrated circuits for RF applications in Altium or similar PCB design tools
• Experience with RF circuit modeling and analysis software tools such as Cadence AWR Microwave Office and Keysight ADS
• Experience with RF test equipment such as vector network analyzers (VNA), spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere

Nice to have

• Experience with component selection for use in space radiation environments and flying hardware in space
• Experience with antenna and electromagnetic modeling and analysis software tools such as Ansys Electronics Desktop HFSS and Altair FEKO
• Experience with FPGA design, implementation, verification, and validation for RF applications
• Experience with software defined radio hardware development including high speed RF data converters, clock trees, and data converter interfaces
• Experience with phased arrays and digital beamforming
• Experience with signal intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare (EW), and/or satellite telecommunications
• Knowledge of RF digital communications and digital signal processing (DSP) concepts

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.