RF Designer

Overview

Take spacecraft and ground terminal RF hardware from conception to design, manufacturing, test, and on-orbit operations. Design and simulate RF subsystems (filters, amplifiers, transitions etc.). Perform component selection for frontend circuits. Perform schematic capture, layout and fabrication support of RF frontend PCBAs and antennas. Contribute to trade studies and designs of radio systems from a hardware perspective.

• Design and simulate RF subsystems (filters, amplifiers, transitions etc.).
• Perform component selection for frontend circuits.
• Perform schematic capture, layout and fabrication support of RF frontend PCBAs and antennas.
• Contribute to trade studies and designs of radio systems from a hardware perspective.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent. Graduate’s degree is desirable
• 5+ years  experience with RF circuit and/or antenna design
• 5+ years  experience with RF circuit simulation tools (ADS, Microwave Office etc.) and PCB layout tools (Altium, Cadence etc.)
• Proficient in basic RF circuit concepts such as impedance matching, smith chart, network analysis, active and passive microwave components and systems (mixers, amplifiers, transistors at RF frequencies) and their figures of merit (P1dB, Psat, IIP3, noise figure, etc.), RF filter design
• Familiarity with RF radio architectures and components
• Competence with basic electrical PCB design (power distribution, analog circuits, basic sequencing, etc.)
• Comfortable making RF measurements using standard RF test equipment: spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, noise and power measurements