RF Engineer (Automation)

Description

As an RF Engineer, your core responsibility will be to drive

characterization and verification of next-generation radio, filter, and antenna

products. You will design and own key performance indicators across a range of

products and develop automated scripting and processes for collecting data. You

will work with RF hardware and software engineers, test engineers, mechanical

engineers, and others to meet test needs across a wide range of capabilities. You

will work on uplink and downlink radios up to 32GHz, GNSS receivers, passive RF

components, and analysis for desense and coexistence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain RF performance matrices (KPI frameworks) for radios, filters, up and downconverters, and antennas.
• Implement scripts to control RF test equipment including spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, antenna test infrastructure, power meters, power supplies, and other devices.
• Plan and execute verification campaigns to evaluate early prototype device performance against desired specifications.
• Analyze RF data to generate reports, detail compliance with internal and regulatory specs, and advise designers on improvement opportunities.
• Design and implement fixtures to evaluate design compatibility with other satellite subsystems and coexistence across RF systems.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Skills and Experience

Additional Information :

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options , and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan .

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here .

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.