Senior MMIC Design Engineer, RFIC Engineering

SpaceX

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On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
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$165,000–$270,000 / yr
Posted
98 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Senior MMIC Design Engineer, RFIC Engineering

The Sr. MMIC Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) joins a cross-disciplinary team to develop next-generation MMICs for space and ground infrastructures. This role involves developing products from initial specification to mass production, ensuring full system compatibility. Key responsibilities include deriving hardware specifications, simulating and modeling front end circuits like power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, switches, mixers, filters, and PLLs, and determining packaging and implementation strategies. The engineer will evaluate prototype performance, assist in developing automated test equipment, and collaborate with manufacturing teams. Required expertise includes GaAs and GaN MMIC design, RF/microwave circuit design, and layout. Preferred skills include experience with ADS, HFSS, AWR, Altium Designer, Matlab, Python, and C++. The work focuses on expanding the performance and capabilities of the Starlink satellite network.

What you'll do

  • Derive hardware specifications for the RF system and individual MMIC blocks.
  • Develop MMIC products from initial specification through to mass production.
  • Simulate and model MMIC front end circuits at the circuit and electromagnetic levels.
  • Partition functions between hardware and software domains with system architects and ASIC engineers.
  • Determine packaging and implementation methods for MMICs in coordination with PCB designers.
  • Evaluate, characterize, and analyze the full performance of MMIC prototypes.
  • Assist in the development of automated test equipment for laboratory measurements.
  • Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing of MMIC components and RF systems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of research and/or industry experience in RF/microwave circuit design.
  • Experience with GaAs and/or GaN MMIC design of linear and non-linear circuits including power amplifiers, LNAs, mixers, filters, and PLLs.
  • MS or PhD in an engineering discipline with emphasis in MMIC design, RF/microwave circuits, and/or electromagnetic theory (preferred).
  • Deep understanding of theory and MMIC design of RF front end blocks from S-band to E-band frequency ranges (preferred).
  • RF/microwave design tool experience using ADS, HFSS, AWR or similar (preferred).
  • Experience in Matlab, Python, C++ or equivalent tools for modeling, analyzing and automating RF systems (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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