Staff RF Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff RF Engineer with board-level RF electronics design experience to develop leading-edge RF hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems. The role is responsible for RF circuits and systems throughout all phases of development, including phased-array communication system components such as RF front ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased-array antennas. The engineer will take hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support. Design work includes block diagrams, schematics, PCB layout and routing, simulations, and test design. The role also presents engineering design review materials to customers and the executive team and participates in proposal writing. CesiumAstro describes its environment as dynamic, cross-functional, hands-on, interactive, and autonomous.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
At least 8 years of industry experience in the design and analysis of RF electronics, including design, analysis, testing, and troubleshooting.
Experience with professional simulation tools such as CST and ADS, and EDA tools such as Altium.
Hands-on experience with vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must meet applicable U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MATLAB or other programming languages.
Experience in aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification.
Knowledge of worst-case circuit analysis, failure mode and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
Experience with antenna design.
Knowledge of EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

Responsibilities

Develop RF circuits and systems through all phases of the development process.
Design phased-array communication system components, including RF front ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased-array antennas.
Take RF hardware designs from initial concept through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support.
Create block diagrams, detailed schematics, PCB layouts and routing, simulations, and test designs.
Present engineering design review materials to customers and the executive team.
Participate in proposal-writing efforts.