Digital Signals & RF Engineer The Aerospace CorpDigital Signals & RF EngineerEl Segundo, CA$110,400–$165,500 / yearAs the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space- delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. DCID's support includes guiding the acquisition of next-generation communication and navigation systems needed by our customers, helping industry implement cutting edge technologies and creating innovative solutions to our customers' most challenging problems.
Senior RF Spectrum Policy Analyst/Engineer The Aerospace CorpSenior RF Spectrum Policy Analyst/EngineerEl Segundo, CA$129,000–$249,600 / yearWe are seeking a Senior RF Spectrum Policy Analyst/Engineer (Engineering Specialist or Senior Engineering Specialist - Communications Systems Engineering) to support multiple aspects of spectrum policy for the government customer, including evaluating potential impacts of proposed policies and advocating for policy positions that maintain customer access to spectrum. Evaluate national and international spectrum policy activities, including International Telecommunications Union (ITU), White House, Congress, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) actions, to determine impacts to the customer.
Senior RF Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance ANDURIL INDUSTRIESSenior RF Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active ClearanceCosta Mesa, CA$166,000–$220,000 / yearTo ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources.
Senior Program Manager I - Advanced RF Systems (TS/SCI) Rocket Lab USASenior Program Manager I - Advanced RF Systems (TS/SCI)Long Beach, CA$115,000–$160,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Lead the Team of Teams: Run multiple active programs at once, make sound architectural calls with Chief Engineers, navigate the hardest trade-offs in phased arrays, digital signal processing, and high-rate manufacturing, and personally dive into the most program-threatening problems alongside the team.
RF Engineer (Starshield) SpaceXRF Engineer (Starshield)Hawthorne, CA$125,000–$160,000 / yearYou will work with a team of fellow RF engineers, DSP engineers, software engineers, hardware engineers and end users to design and build RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Principal RF Software Engineer (Starshield) SpaceXPrincipal RF Software Engineer (Starshield)Hawthorne, CA$210,000–$340,000 / yearDesign, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization of custom RF designs, often involving vector network analyzers (VNA), vector signal generators (VSG), vector signal analyzers (VSA), spectrum analyzers, load pulls, RF power meters, high-speed oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment. You will work with a team of RF engineers, DSP engineers, software engineers, hardware engineers and end users to design and build RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit.
Senior Program Manager II - Advanced RF Systems (TS/SCI) Rocket Lab USASenior Program Manager II - Advanced RF Systems (TS/SCI)Long Beach, CA$134,000–$201,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Lead the Team of Teams: Run multiple active programs at once, make sound architectural calls with Chief Engineers, navigate the hardest trade-offs in phased arrays, digital signal processing, and high-rate manufacturing, and personally dive into the most program-threatening problems alongside the team.
RF Test Engineer II Rocket Lab USARF Test Engineer IILong Beach, CA$100,800–$126,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
Principal RF Antenna Engineer K2 SpacePrincipal RF Antenna EngineerLos Angeles, California$200,000–$270,000 / yearAssist with design and validation testing for radio-frequency and microwave hardware from UHF through Ka band, including antennas, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, high-speed converters, and other RF electronic components. In your first 6 months, you will work with a multidisciplinary team of antenna, RF, field programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processing (DSP), software, mechanical, and electrical engineers in order to prototype your systems and refine your designs.
Senior Systems Engineer I - RF Mission Solutions Rocket Lab USASenior Systems Engineer I - RF Mission SolutionsLong Beach, CA$124,000–$171,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
Senior Systems Engineer II - RF Mission Solutions Rocket Lab USASenior Systems Engineer II - RF Mission SolutionsLong Beach, CA$132,000–$198,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
RF Hardware Engineer K2 SpaceRF Hardware EngineerLos Angeles, California$115,000–$200,000 / yearDesign and development of radiofrequency and microwave hardware from UHF 200 MHz through Ka band 30 GHz, including phased array antennas, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, RF mixers, up and downconverters, high speed data converters, and other RF electronics components. You will work with a multidisciplinary team of antenna, field programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processing (DSP), software, mechanical, and electrical engineers in order to prototype your systems and refine your designs.
Principal RF Antenna Engineer, Top Secret Clearance K2 SpacePrincipal RF Antenna Engineer, Top Secret ClearanceLos Angeles, California$200,000–$270,000 / yearAssist with design and validation testing for radiofrequency and microwave hardware from UHF through Ka band, including phased array antennas, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, high speed converters, and other RF electronic components. In your first 6 months, you will work with a multidisciplinary team of antenna, RF, field programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processing (DSP), software, mechanical, and electrical engineers in order to prototype your systems and refine your designs.
RF Test Engineer K2 SpaceRF Test EngineerLos Angeles, California$100,000–$150,000 / yearYou will be working alongside the Electrical and RF Engineering teams to interface with Avionics hardware, validate prototype designs, define test requirements, and design test infrastructure to meet critical programmatic milestones such as delivery of flight hardware to vehicle integration. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.
Senior RF Digital Signal Processing Engineer K2 SpaceSenior RF Digital Signal Processing EngineerLos Angeles, California$200,000–$220,000 / yearYou will be responsible for leading the design, development, and integration of digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms for communication systems and beyond to be hosted on some of the biggest, most powerful, rapidly designed and rapidly manufactured satellites ever deployed in space. Strong knowledge of digital communications theory and systems including: spread spectrum, forward error correction, channel estimation, channel equalization, channel coding, and modulation types such as FSK, BPSK, QPSK, QAM, and PCM/FM.
RF Engineer II - Radar Rocket Lab USARF Engineer II - RadarLong Beach, CA$100,800–$128,520 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
Senior RF Engineer II - Radar Rocket Lab USASenior RF Engineer II - RadarLong Beach, CA$141,800–$212,600 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
RF Engineering Intern Summer 2027 Rocket Lab USARF Engineering Intern Summer 2027Long Beach, CATo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. As an RF Engineering Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Radio Frequency (RF) Products Team in the test and productionization of our transceivers and RF products as they work to expand our radio capabilities and putting the radios into mass production.
Principal RF Software Engineer (Starshield) Space Exploration TechnologiesPrincipal RF Software Engineer (Starshield)Hawthorne, CA$210,000–$340,000 / yearDesign, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization of custom RF designs, often involving vector network analyzers (VNA), vector signal generators (VSG), vector signal analyzers (VSA), spectrum analyzers, load pulls, RF power meters, high-speed oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment. You will work with a team of RF engineers, DSP engineers, software engineers, hardware engineers and end users to design and build RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit.
Senior Program Manager II - Advanced RF Systems (Ts/Sci) Rocket Lab USASenior Program Manager II - Advanced RF Systems (Ts/Sci)Long Beach, CA$166,800–$236,275 / yearImportant information: FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN US OFFICES ONLY: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Lead the Team of Teams: Run multiple active programs at once, make sound architectural calls with Chief Engineers, navigate the hardest trade-offs in phased arrays, digital signal processing, and high-rate manufacturing, and personally dive into the most program-threatening problems alongside the team.