Antenna Engineer (Starlink)

About the role

SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make a future where humanity is out exploring the stars possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. We are leveraging our experience building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system. As a Starlink Antenna Engineer, you will have full ownership of all phased array, Wi-Fi, and other RF systems for this customer-facing hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate, and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems, and RF front ends for next-generation phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (antennas, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance
• Work in close collaboration with electrical, mechanical, digital signal processing, and software engineering teams to design and validate RF systems
• Create and test phased array alignment solutions
• Rapidly develop design, validation, and production test solutions for our high-volume consumer products and gateway antennas
• Write automation software in python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and documentation systems

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline is required. Additionally, you should have at least 1+ years of experience with antennas or communication systems, 1+ years experience with radio test equipment, and 1+ years of programming experience in Python, C#, C++, or MATLAB.

Skills

• Master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering with emphasis in RF/antenna engineering
• Experience designing wireless communications systems
• Understanding of link budgets and analysis related to communications
• Thorough understanding of RF active and passive components
• Experience characterizing radio performance at microwave frequencies
• Experience working with waveguide systems at mmWave frequencies
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Passion for problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role

Additional Requirements

You must be able to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.