# Senior RF Engineer

Hiring organization: [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/da66b106-7148-4e99-9b30-1a1a564b8011

Listed on Relativity Space's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 159000 – 204000 USD per year

## Summary

This role owns the RF subsystem architecture and design for deep-space spacecraft, handling everything from link budgets and ground-station integration through to flight qualification and operations. It suits experienced RF engineers who thrive in hands-on environments and want to solve novel communication challenges at extreme distances with tight mass and power constraints.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field
- 5+ years of RF communication system architecture, analysis, or component engineering experience
- Experience with at least three of: RF architecture & link budgets, RF system selection/design/integration, RF passive component selection/design, antenna design/analysis/modeling, hands-on RF lab testing, integrated ground station or spacecraft RF testing, communicating complex RF topics across disciplines

## Nice to have

- Experience with space environments (radiation effects, thermal extremes, vacuum operation, component derating)
- Deep-space spacecraft communications system design and architecture
- Deep-space ground station networks
- High-gain antennas, phased arrays, or gimbaled antenna systems
- RF hardware design or validation for flight qualification (TVAC, vibe, EMI/EMC)

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8381926002?gh_jid=8381926002