RF Test Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in RF communications, satellite communications, telecommunications, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience testing communication ground systems and validating interface requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills within RF or communications environments.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.
• Experience working with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting satellite, lunar, deep-space, or aerospace communication systems.
• Hands-on experience with Software Defined Radios (SDRs), RF communications, optical communications, or modem systems.
• Proficiency with communication analysis and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with communication subsystem integration, verification, environmental testing, and mission operations.
• Knowledge of CCSDS protocols, government communication standards, and spectrum management activities.
• Experience supporting end-to-end communication system validation from development through deployment.

Job Description

Our client is seeking an RF Test Engineer to support the development, integration, and testing of advanced communication systems used for satellite, lunar, and deep-space missions. This individual will play a key role in validating communication ground systems and RF subsystems, ensuring reliable connectivity between spacecraft and ground stations while supporting mission-critical operations. This individual will be responsible for defining test environments, developing communication test capabilities, and validating the performance of RF and communication hardware, including antennas, transceivers, software-defined radios (SDRs), amplifiers, and related subsystems. The role will involve analyzing communication performance metrics such as link margins, throughput, carrier-to-noise ratios, and signal quality while conducting system modeling, simulation, and troubleshooting activities.