RF Comms Electrical Engineer II

Overview

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a robust Avionics team, you will design, develop, and verify high-performance RF Radios for the New Glenn flight vehicle. You will lead efforts to develop robust telemetry systems that ensure reliable data transmission during all mission phases, from pre-launch testing through orbital operations. You will be integrated with our rocket program and technical leads to drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle launch, flight and power management components and sub-systems.

In addition, you will follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release, and participate in flight support activities.

In this role, you will oversee the entire development lifecycle of mission-critical communication systems that maintain uninterrupted data links between ground stations and flight vehicles during dynamic flight conditions.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the design, verification, qualification, and production phases of the electronic product lifecycle
• 5+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration, test and/or operation of complex electronics
• Experience with the design of RF circuits
• Knowledge of telemetry system architectures, including multiplexers, encoders, transmitters, receivers, and ground station equipment
• High-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting, with understanding of EE principles
• Circuit analysis and simulation, such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and logic or P-Spice simulation
• Experience in grounding and general board layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs
• RF communication testing or subsystem/component design, with a strong background in RF principles
• Experience with telemetry data acquisition systems design and optimization for high-reliability aerospace applications
• Proven ability to lead technical teams through complex design challenges and trade studies
• Background developing circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or related subject areas.
• 10+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration, test and/or operation of complex electronics
• Experience managing teams developing telemetry systems for launch vehicles or spacecraft
• Familiarity with aerospace telemetry standards including IRIG 106, CCSDS, and spectrum management requirements
• Experience with real-time telemetry data processing, compression algorithms, and advanced error correction techniques
• Knowledge of SDR FPGA development using hardware description languages (VHDL/Verilog) and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms; experience specifying and crafting high reliability safety‑critical electronics; familiarity with IPC-A-600/610, DO-254 and similar standards
• Background with launch vehicle hardware development, integration, or test
• Experience developing embedded software or firmware for 32‑bit microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs
• Experience with RF link budget analysis and optimization for space‑to‑ground communications
• Demonstrated project management skills, including schedule development, resource allocation, and risk management
• Proficiency with scripted and/or compiled languages such as Python and C/C++

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