Lead Antenna Engineer
Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
As the Lead Antenna Engineer at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to design antenna systems for spacecraft communication systems and GNSS receivers. You will work with RF engineers, avionics hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, and others to develop performant and maintainable solutions. You will own the antenna design lifecycle from initial design inception through prototype and characterization and supporting the design on orbit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field
- 5+ years experience in research or development of antennas
- Familiarity with 3D EM simulation tools such as CST, HFSS, COMSOL, or Cenos
- Experience analyzing antenna systems in the lab (s-parameters, isolation, radiation patterns, propagation effects, etc)
- Strong foundations in RF concepts such as impedance matching, s-parameters, microwave network analysis, and power handling
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree or PhD in wireless communications, antenna engineering, or related area of study.
- 2+ years of demonstrated experience working on lead roles on spacecraft or other high reliability antenna applications
- Experience designing high gain, circularly polarized antennas
- Experience doing RF system-level testing in the lab using equipment such as spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, and noise figure analyzers.
- Experience designing antenna hardware for launch vehicles, satellites or spacecraft
- System-level antenna design and placement experience for desense mitigation
- Experience working closely with mechanical and vehicle engineers to integrate antenna designs with brackets and other vehicle hardware
- Experience in a start-up or agile development environment
- Familiarity with Earth station antenna systems
Responsibilities
- Define antenna and feed network systems for low, medium, and high gain spacecraft antennas
- Lead a team of all-star responsible engineers working on passive and active antenna designs ranging from LEO to deep space
- Architect and implement engineering processes to streamline antenna development, verification, and successful production
- Drive 1GHz – 30GHz antenna designs from initial analysis to prototype and complete characterization
- Work closely with RF engineers and mechanical engineers to integrate antenna designs into RF front ends and vehicle structures
- Optimize antenna designs for power handling, volume and mass constraints, and radiation and thermal environments present on orbit
- Analyze real-world performance of antennas, debug antenna issues on completed vehicles, and investigate methods to improve vehicle radiated performance
- Support RF and avionics teams by performing EM simulations of PCBs and other vehicle structures for desense analysis
Benefits
- medical, vision & dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
