SpaceX Sr. RF Engineer (Starlink) at SpaceX designs and tests antennas and RF systems for Starlink’s broadband internet hardware. The role includes prototype fabrication, electromagnetic simulation, and collaboration across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
Design, fabricate, and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems, and RF front ends for next-generation phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products
Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (antennas, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance
Work in close collaboration with electrical, mechanical, digital signal processing, and software engineering teams to design and validate RF systems
Create and test phased array alignment solutions
Rapidly develop design, validation, and production test solutions for our high-volume consumer products and gateway antennas
Write automation software in python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and documentation systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
5+ years of professional experience with antennas or communication systems
5+ years professional experience with radio test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers
5+ years of professional programming experience in Python, C#, C++, or MATLAB
Preferred
Master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering with emphasis in RF/antenna engineering
Experience designing wireless communications systems
Experience with basic principles of antenna theory
Understanding of link budgets and analysis related to communications
Thorough understanding of RF active and passive components
Experience characterizing radio performance at microwave frequencies
Experience working with waveguide systems at mmWave frequencies
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
