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RF Software Manager
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 205000 - 250000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (23 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As the RF Software Manager at Impulse you will lead the team responsible for the software and FPGA firmware that powers our spacecraft communication and GPS/GNSS receiver systems. You will own the development and delivery of these systems across missions ranging from low Earth orbit to deep-space operations.
You will provide both technical and people leadership to a team of embedded software FPGA and simulation engineers working closely with the avionics flight software ground software and GNC teams. You will guide RF and GPS/GNSS systems from architecture and hardware bring-up through integration qualification launch and mission operations ensuring they meet demanding performance reliability and mission requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead manage and grow a team of engineers responsible for spacecraft communication and GPS receiver systems.
- Own the architecture development integration verification and delivery of RF communication and GPS receiver software simulation and FPGA logic.
- Drive development and testing of interfaces between RF hardware GPS receivers flight computers spacecraft flight software and ground systems.
- Establish software development FPGA development testing code review documentation and release practices appropriate for flight-critical RF and navigation systems.
- Direct and participate in design code and FPGA logic reviews ensuring implementations are maintainable testable reliable and ready for flight.
- Partner with RF and avionics hardware teams during board bring-up integration troubleshooting and qualification.
- Develop team priorities technical roadmaps schedules and staffing plans in coordination with program and engineering leadership.
- Recruit interview and onboard engineers as the RF software organization grows.
- Identify technical and programmatic risks early and drive them to resolution.
- Support spacecraft integration environmental testing ground-station testing launch commissioning and mission operations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or related technical field
- 7 years of demonstrated experience in developing software for wireless systems in critical applications
- 2 years of demonstrated technical leadership team leadership or engineering management experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing embedded software in C.
- Strong understanding of RF communication systems including modulation demodulation signal processing calibration and RF system control.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated Xilinx UltraScale board bring up and development experience
- Strong understanding of the major blocks of RF signal modulation/demodulation
- Familiarity in testing RF components such as PAs PLLs LNAs and mixers
- Demonstrated experience implementing or integrating baseband systems using BPSK QPSK and related digital modulation schemes.
- Familiarity with GPS/GNSS receiver concepts such as signal acquisition and tracking.
- Demonstrated experience writing software or firmware for a space environment (space link budgets ground station integration etc.)
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Manager
