Senior RF Design Engineer II - Pipeline
Rocket Lab · Long Beach, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$145k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are currently seeking a Senior RF Design Engineer II based onsite at Rocket Lab's global headquarters in Long Beach, CA.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain requirements specifications
- Support the development process, ensuring key design decisions and developments are in alignment with the required product capabilities
- Design and prototype the RF product including component selection and PCB layout / fabrication / packaging
- Support the development of test plans and procedures
- Support the design and development of GSE and production automation
- Support the development of product documentation including ICDs and User Manuals
- Liaise with Test Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to drive New Product Introduction
- Customer/Program Support
- Review proposals and requirements specifications to assess compliance based on existing unit capabilities vs development needs
- Scope and drive development activities for new requirements
- Support engineering reviews such as PDRs, CDRs and TRRs
- Provide technical support to internal/external customers including general questions and anomaly troubleshooting
- Maintain broad awareness of product development and production schedules to ensure the needs of customers and programs are satisfied
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, RF communications (or other engineering degree) and 8+ years of relevant experience
- Fundamental RF knowledge including cascaded device analysis, link budget analysis, and HFSS
- Experience in developing and delivering a RF product including assessing requirements, prototyping engineering models, and producing space worthy products
- A solid theoretical and practical understanding of RF communications and navigation systems and components
- U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in space grade board design including parts selection and performance simulation
- Extensive experience in circuit analyses including worst case, reliability, FMECA, thermal, and derating analyses
- Extensive experience supporting and leading complex engineering programs and developing associated documentation
- Experience designing, integrating, and testing RF communications systems for launch vehicles or satellites
- Demonstrated expertise in people management
- Experience leading incident management and investigations
- Experience in conflict resolution and dealing with difficult people
- The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Effective communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships
- Project management experience
Benefits
- Top tier medical HMO, PPO & a 100% company-sponsored medical HSA plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- 3 weeks paid vacation and 5 days sick leave per year
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Flexible spending and dependent care savings accounts
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with company match
Pay
Base Pay Range (CA Only): $145,000 USD - $210,000 USD
Schedule
Full-time