Senior RFIC Design Engineer
SpaceX
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This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $159,650–$227,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $218k versus about $194k for comparable roles.
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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.
SpaceX currently has 851 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.
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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.
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