RF Avionics Systems Engineer

The role

You will manage component management, system integration, and operation of radiofrequency electronics for large satellite platforms. You will design, test, and integrate new RF and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including radios and antennas.

What you will do

• Oversee technical and programmatic aspects of RF systems including telemetry, command, and GNSS radios, antennas, and link budgets
• Serve as responsible engineer for flight hardware from design through integration and operations on orbit
• Own acceptance and qualification screening of hardware designs through environmental testing
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to integrate designs into spacecraft systems
• Own FCC licensing and ground segment compatibility testing and coordination
• Lead vehicle integration and testing efforts

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
• 1+ years of experience in microwave / RF engineering
• Fundamental RF knowledge including familiarity with crafting RF link budgets and doing antenna placement planning
• Familiarity with Python or MATLAB
• 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 flying hardware in space and creating/maintaining link budgets
• End to end testing with flight hardware, software, and ground station providers
• Experience with environmental testing for space electronics such as thermal, vibration, TVAC, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per standards such as SMC-S-016
• Experience with RF modeling and analysis software tools such as Ansys Electronics Desktop HFSS, Altair FEKO, Keysight ADS, Cadence AWR Microwave Office
• Familiar with software defined radio development including data converters, clock trees, data converter interfaces, and sampling concepts
• Familiarity with digital communications systems & theory, including spread spectrum, forward error correction, and modulation types such as BPSK, QAM, etc.
• Ability to research novel solutions for unique large-scale satellite RF systems

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 a high-growth Series D-funded company with over $1 billion in signed contracts.