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Relativity Space · 18 hours ago

Senior RF Development Engineer

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$159K/yr - $204K/yr

5+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. They are seeking a Senior RF Development Engineer to drive the development of the flight and ground RF & Telemetry system for their launch vehicles through all phases of the development process including design, integration, test, and launch.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Drive the development of the flight and ground RF & Telemetry system for our launch vehicles through all phases of the development process including design, integration, test, and launch

Create link budgets for various vehicle RF systems

Model antenna radiation patterns and simulate vehicle-level antenna performance

Develop the architecture for vehicle ground and vehicle RF systems, including S and L band systems

Select COTS parts or design custom components such as antennas, RF passives, PAs and LNAs, transmitters/receivers, and GSE

Support regulatory and licensing activities with government and regulatory bodies such as the FCC, ITU, and USSF

Qualification

RF system engineeringAntenna designLink budget developmentRF test equipmentSoftware engineeringCommunication skills

Required

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

5+ years of experience in RF and telemetry system engineering

Experience with 3 or more of the following: Antenna design and modeling tools such as Ansys HFSS, Developing link budgets, Design and selection of RF passive components such as couplers and filters, Design and integration of RF systems consisting of radio transmitters and receivers, LNAs, PAs, couplers, filters, etc., Working with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, SDRs, and data recorders

Experience communicating deeply technical topics with individuals from different disciplines