Staff RF Engineer

About the role

CesiumAstro is actively seeking a Staff RF Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has experience in board-level RF electronics design and is passionate about developing leading-edge RF hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems. In this position, you will be responsible for RF circuits and systems through all phases of the development process, including phased array communication systems such as RF front-ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased array antennas.

Responsibilities

• Develop RF hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support of Cesium's products.
• Create block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layout and routing, simulations, and test designs.
• Present engineering design review materials to customers and executive team.
• Participate in proposal-writing efforts.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) from an accredited university or institution.
• 8 years of industry experience in design and analysis of RF electronics, including design, analysis, test, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with professional simulation tools such as CST and ADS, as well as EDA tools such as Altium.
• Hands-on experience with lab instruments such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MATLAB or other programming languages.
• Experience in aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification.
• Knowledge of worst-case circuit analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
• Experience with antenna design.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

Citizenship and Eligibility

To conform with U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Benefits

• Company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA benefits.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement plans.