RF Engineer

York Spaces Systems•Greenwood Village, CO

About The Position

York Space Systems is looking for RF Engineers with 0-4 years of experience. RF Engineers at York work closely with technology partners for detailed assessment of link budgets, coverage capabilities, and target link capabilities. The ideal candidate will support satellite manufacturing at scale through detailed analyses of RF performance that enable proliferation and reuse of robust RF communication systems. As an RF engineer at York, you will experience the full RF communication system life cycle from proposal to on-orbit commissioning, with a mixture of hands-on hardware activities and at-the-desk system engineering activities, directly contributing to making on-orbit RF links. This is a system integrator role focused on working with vendors and managing RF communication systems across their lifecycle, not a design role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or Wireless Communications related disciplines
Basic conceptual understanding of a basic link budget
Basic understanding of analog (antenna, amplifiers, filters, etc.) and digital (SDR, modulation, coding) domains
Ability to script using Python and work with version control systems (Git)
Must be self-accountable, have high attention for detail, and look forward to collaboration in a fast-paced team environment
Must have, or a willingness to obtain, a DoD Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience in the design, development, and/or testing of RF communications systems or their components
Familiarity with commonly used satellite modulation and coding standards, (CCSDS, DVB-S2, etc.)
Basic understanding of common RF Test Equipment (VNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, etc.)
Active DoD Clearance

Responsibilities

Drive the full systems engineering development lifecycle for RF components and systems
Support company manufacturing-at-scale objectives by means of defining and enabling robust, cost-effective RF systems
Define how the organization implements RF communication system links
Determine RF component specifications in accordance with spacecraft designs, customer requirements, and industry standards
Act as an organization-wide resource for low-level RF physics & communications theory expertise
Verify and support radio waveform compatibility
Support on-orbit RF link anomaly resolution & commissioning activities
Support requirement decomposition and allocation regarding RF communication systems
Develop and maintain standard systems engineering products in support of major engineering program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR, etc.)
Improve fidelity of existing RF link analysis tools and implement new ones
Perform antenna co-interference simulations using 3D EM software tools
Support AIT through non-conformance disposition, as-run review, and master test procedure/plan reviews
May require some travel to support testing and launch