Senior Antenna & RF Hardware Engineer

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE MEETS OUR VALUES

Excellent Communication Skills

• Effectively convey ideas and communicate technical topics with engineering, build staff, and operations; run self-directed design reviews and participate in reviews of parallel systems
• Anticipation of Needs : Identify problems, think creatively, and rapidly produce reliable and cost-effective solutions to meet the ever growing and changing needs of an early-stage company

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree (Master's preferred) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of professional experience in antenna and RF design, including multiple antenna designs carried personally from concept through fabricated and characterized hardware
• Demonstrated phased-array antenna design experience, including ownership of array and element spacing, embedded element pattern behavior, mutual coupling and active reflection coefficient, grating lobe and scan volume trades, and array calibration. Single-element antenna design experience alone is not sufficient for this position
• Expertise with a full-wave electromagnetic solver such as HFSS, CST, or FEKO, including modeling of array structures in the presence of surrounding mechanical structure, and the ability to assess model validity and identify sources of simulation error
• Direct experience with antenna measurement and characterization, including anechoic chamber methodology, near-field and far-field pattern measurement, and gain and efficiency measurement
• Strong understanding of RF design principles, including impedance matching, signal integrity, low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, filters, and oscillators
• Demonstrated receiver front-end design experience for sensitivity-limited systems, including noise figure cascade analysis, gain distribution, filtering, linearity and blocking performance, and downconversion architecture
• Experience with local oscillator generation and distribution across multi-channel systems, including phase matching, isolation, and spur management
• Hands-on RF bring-up, tuning, debug, and test experience using vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, noise figure instrumentation, signal generators, and oscilloscopes
• Expertise in PCB design and layout of high-frequency RF circuits, including transmission lines, co-planar waveguides, wireless SoCs, matching networks, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, and power amplifiers, in Altium Designer (preferred). This position requires direct execution of PCB layout rather than oversight of layout performed by others
• Proficiency with Python or MATLAB for RF analysis, link budget development, and measurement post-processing. Our team works primarily in Python
• Strong technical writing ability. Design decisions at Hubble are documented, reviewed, and maintained as living artifacts
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability and willingness to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment

STRONGLY DESIRED

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• Hubble is required by the U.S. Government to comply with various space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (“green card holders”) as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15). More information on ITAR can be found here .
• Hubble is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Each individual has the right to work in a professional environment that promotes equal employment opportunity and prohibits discriminatory practices, including harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
• Seattle Washington
• Washington Pay
• $101,000 — $177,000 USD