RF Systems Engineer

As an RF Systems Engineer, your core responsibility will be to own top-level RF system architecture for all radio communications, ranging, and positioning systems at Impulse. You will define the roadmap for future radio programs, drive cross-team alignment, and maintain documentation of link budgets and mission-specific hardware. You will work with RF engineers, Avionics engineers, mechanical engineers, and others to meet communication system needs across a wide range of capabilities and missions. You’ll work with uplink and downlink radios up to 32GHz, GNSS receivers, ranging radios, desense, coexistence, and antennas.  

Responsibilities

• Coordinate RF system development to ensure alignment across mechanical, thermal, electrical RF, software, manufacturing, and supply chain 
• Lead system-level trades involving transmitters, receivers, antennas, RF mechanical, power, thermal, reliability, and manufacturing 
• Provide updates to engineering leadership on progress, risks, trade studies, and development timelines  
• Own the technical roadmap, including technical progress and timelines, for Impulse’s future RF systems  
• Work with business development to translate customer and mission needs into RF system requirements, architectures, and interfaces 
• Maintain organization of RF system components, interfaces, and link budgets across Impulse’s portfolio of customers and missions 
• Interface with avionics engineers to define digital and power interfaces for RF devices 
• Work with regulatory team to develop compliant RF systems and license Impulse’s designs 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical field 
• 2+ years professional experience with direct ownership of RF communication components or systems 
• Experience in development of RF link budgets including antenna patterns, atmospheric modeling, link availability, and RF transmitter and receiver characteristics 
• Demonstrated ability in system architecture design for a high-reliability application 
• Proficiency in common RF lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers and VNAs 
• Familiarity with EM concepts of RF transmitters, RF receivers, antennas, and transmission lines 
• Experience designing for and proving compliance with spectral emissions masks or similar regulatory requirements