Senior RF Engineer
Senior RF Engineer
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$ 140000 - 170000
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Job Description
At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
Vast is looking for a SeniorRF Engineer reporting to the Director RF Engineering to carry out the development of RF Systems for artificial gravity space stations. This will be a full-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
As a Senior RF Engineer at Vast you will be responsible for RF component design procurement integration and test. You will work hands-on with engineering and flight hardware for artificial gravity space stations and collaborate with a top-notch multidisciplinary team. You will work directly on the communication systems used to fly humans in space.
Responsibilities:
- Own internal and vendor supported development of RF hardware products for crewed spacecraft
- Develop component subsystem and flight article level test procedures used to guarantee the RF comm systems operate with the highest reliability on orbit
- Create RF subsystem requirements and guide design activities to meet them
- Carry out RF system design and analysis activities across disciplines
- Generate excellent documentation and effectively communicating technical information to team members and vendors with diverse backgrounds
- Contribute to a culture of extreme ownership by looking beyond the immediate performance of your RF subsystems and understanding its broad impact on other systems teams and all aspects of Vast
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline.
- 4 years of experience in an RF engineering role
- Experience with RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers VNAs Power Meters Signal Generators etc.
- Experience in software development: Matlab Python C/C or other programming languages.
- Familiarity with RF communication system design & analysis
- Mission oriented mindset with a strong desire for team success
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Ms or PhD in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline.
- Mission oriented mindset with a strong desire for team success.
- Comfortable communicating deeply technical topics to a wide variety of audiences.
- Experience in software development: Matlab Python C/C or other programming languages.
- Experience with EDA software such as Altium Designer KiCad Eagle PADS etc
- Experience conducting environmental test for avionics (shock random vibration thermal cycling TVAC EMI/EMC)
- Knowledge of ionizing radiation and in space effects for electronics
- Experience with serial communication protocols such as CAN SPI and I2C RS-422/485
- Understanding of RF modulation and media access control schemes such as BPSK SOQPSK GMSK APSK TDMA FDMA etc
- Experience with ethernet UDP TCP IP sockets and related networking protocols
- Familiar with RF circuit and 3D EM simulation tools such as ADS Microwave Office CST HFSS etc.
- Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will have the opportunity to help define the way engineering is carried out while doing your own development work.
Salary Range: California
$140000 - $170000 USD
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and asylees and refugees with such status granted not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
