SpaceX is hiring a
Antenna Engineer

Summary

Join SpaceX as a Starlink Antenna Engineer and contribute to the development of the world's most advanced broadband internet system. As a key member of our team, you will design, implement, and verify small router antennas, phased arrays, and reflector antenna systems. You will interact regularly with senior leadership to influence the fundamental operation of our constellation and network while collaborating with electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to steer this project from initial concept development to full-scale production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional RF/Antenna experience with antennas or communication systems
• 1+ years professional experience with radio test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers
• 1+ years of professional programming experience in Python, C#, C++, or MATLAB

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems and RF front ends for next generation phased arrays and consumer wireless products
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware (antennas, filters, PCB layout) to design and evaluate performance
• Work in close collaboration with EE, ME, DSP and software engineers to design and validate RF systems
• Create and test phased array alignment solutions
• Rapidly develop design validation and production test solutions for our high-volume Consumer Products
• Write automation software in python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and documentation systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with emphasis in RF/Antenna engineering
• Passion for problem solving
• Experience designing wireless communications systems
• Experience with basic principles of antenna theory
• Understanding of link budgets and analysis related to communications
• Thorough understanding of RF active and passive components
• Experience characterizing radio performance at microwave frequencies
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start­up atmosphere
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role

Benefits

• Pay range: $120,000.00 - $145,000.00/per year (Antenna Engineer/Level I)
• Pay range: $140,000.00 - $170,000.00/per year (Antenna Engineer/Level II)
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year