RFIC Engineer, AI Satellites

SpaceX

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TL;DR · RFIC Engineer, AI Satellites

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.

What you'll do

  • Simulate and model RF front-end systems to partition functions between hardware and software domains.
  • Derive hardware specifications for RF systems and individual RF blocks.
  • Develop RF/microwave circuits, components, MMICs, boards, and packages.
  • Evaluate and characterize prototypes, RF components, and full radio performance.
  • Assist in the development of automated test equipment for laboratory measurements.
  • Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing of RF avionics components and systems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 2+ years of research and/or industry experience in RF/microwave circuit design.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
  • Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering discipline with emphasis in RF/microwave circuits or electromagnetic theory (preferred).
  • Experience with design of linear and non-linear circuits such as power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, filters and PLLs (preferred).
  • Experience with RF/microwave design using ADS, HFSS, AWR or similar (preferred).
  • Experience in Matlab, Python, C++ or equivalent tools for modeling and analyzing RF systems (preferred).
  • Python and/or LabVIEW programming experience for test automation (preferred).

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