Sr RF Test Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Work with RF and antenna engineers to design and build automated test systems for component-level and spacecraft-level applications.
• Develop test automation software for test instruments, data processing, test sequencing, and reporting.
• Define RF test system requirements and specifications.
• Support spacecraft RF test activities such as OTA testing, EMI/EMC, antenna pattern measurement, and system checkouts.
• Perform hands-on environmental testing of RF hardware, including thermal cycling, TVAC, random vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, and humidity.
• Support spacecraft integration testing in cleanroom facilities.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in ECE, EE, Physics, or a related STEM discipline.
• At least 2 years in an RF design and/or test role.
• Experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, communications test systems, and power meters.
• Experience with software development using Python, MATLAB, C/C++, or a similar language.

Preferred skills and experience

• A relevant master’s degree; mission-oriented mindset and commitment to team success; ability to communicate technical topics to varied audiences.
• Familiarity with IP networking, Ethernet-connected test instruments, serial protocols, RF concepts, antenna testing, RF schematics, and RF electronics manufacturing.
• Experience with GNU Radio, software-defined radios, GPS receivers, RF modulation schemes, or large frequency- and time-domain datasets.
• Familiarity with space-rated avionics test standards, including SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000, and MIL-STD-461.

Additional requirements

• Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• The person hired must be a U.S. person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.