Principal Engineer, AI Satellites
SpaceX
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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RFIC Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) joins the team developing Starmind, a satellite constellation designed to capture solar energy in space to power high-performance AI compute for Earth. The engineer will develop next-generation RFICs for space and ground infrastructures, focusing on the technical challenge of delivering connectivity, control, and power distribution for orbital AI inference. Daily responsibilities include simulating and modeling RF front-end systems, deriving hardware specifications, developing microwave circuits, MMICs, and packages, and characterizing full radio performance. The role requires proficiency in RF/microwave design using ADS, HFSS, or AWR, along with schematic and layout skills in Altium Designer. Candidates should possess experience with Matlab, Python, C++, and LabVIEW for modeling and test automation, while understanding digital communication systems, modulation types like QPSK and QAM, and Ku, Ka, V, and E-band frequencies.
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