RF Hardware Engineer III - Lunar Permanence

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop RF requirements, mitigation techniques, test plans, and procedures.
• Lead EMI/EMC testing and advise on mitigation design.
• Own multipaction and RF breakdown analysis and testing.
• Support RF and avionics verification planning, design-for-testability, hardware bring-up, integration, debug, and troubleshooting.
• Build and verify custom automated test equipment; characterize RF performance.
• Coordinate facilities and resources, lead readiness and test execution, enforce safety, and resolve anomalies.
• Produce verification records, coordinate external facilities and suppliers, improve procedures, and train test staff.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, or aerospace engineering, physics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of aerospace test experience covering test development and execution, equipment/setup troubleshooting, and environmental testing.
• At least 5 years of RF and avionics hardware test experience at card, box, or system level.
• Experience planning and executing EMI/EMC testing and working knowledge of MIL-STD-461, DO-160, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC mitigation and proficiency with standard electronic laboratory test equipment.
• Strong communication and multifunctional teamwork skills; able to work hands-on independently and with a team.
• U.S. citizenship or national status, U.S. permanent residency, refugee status, or asylum status is stated as an export-control eligibility condition.

Preferred qualifications

• Multipaction analysis and test experience, including ECSS-E-ST-20-01 or equivalent methods, is preferred.
• Modeling tools such as SPARK3D, CST Particle Studio, FEST3D, or Ansys HFSS and high-power RF component knowledge are preferred.
• Specialized chamber, thermal-vacuum, vibration, and custom automated test equipment experience is preferred.
• Python instrument control/data analysis, Linux/Unix, git, JIRA, Windchill, qualification standards, and digital communications, GNSS, or radar test methods are preferred.

Compensation

• Washington base pay range is $130,706 to $182,987.70 per year; ranges may differ at other sites.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, parental leave, 401(k) match, education support, stock options for eligible regular employees, paid time off, and company holidays.