Senior RF Electrical Engineer

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  "title": "Senior RF Electrical Engineer",
  "benefits": "<ul><li><!--block-->Join a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration</li><li><!--block-->Equity ownership in the company</li><li><!--block-->Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support</li><li><!--block-->401(k) plan with company match</li><li><!--block-->Flexible PTO and parental leave</li><li><!--block-->Home office set up reimbursement</li><li><!--block-->Weekly lunch stipend, plus complimentary snacks and beverages on-site</li><li><!--block-->Once a month social hour on-site with food and drinks</li></ul>",
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  "deadline_at": "2026-06-23T23:59:59-07:00",
  "description": "<div><!--block-->Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>The Avionics team is responsible for all aspects of the electrical systems and hardware on Astrolab’s electric rover vehicles and ground support equipment.&nbsp; We work collaborative with all teams at Astrolab to provide exceptionally capable and reliable electronics to serve our missions.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br></div><div><!--block-->As a Sr. RF Avionics Engineer, you will be responsible for a wide scope of communications system and component design, build, test, and operations on lunar surface missions.&nbsp; The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in RF communications hardware implementation including architecture, component selection, RF circuit design and analysis, and testing.&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->This position will report to the Director of Avionics Engineering and will be based in our Hawthorne, CA office.</div>",
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  "reporting_to": "Kevin Drumm",
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  "key_responsibilities": "<ul><li><!--block-->Own wireless communications systems and components from architecture to component selection, integration, test, and operations.&nbsp; Systems may be focused on interplanetary and local lunar communication links.&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Develop interface and functional requirements and specifications to design to in collaboration with other engineering disciplines&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Select, procure, and test RF components to ensure qualification for purpose on Astrolab’s interplanetary systems.&nbsp; Qualification may include environmental testing as necessary.&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Perform detailed RF component performance analysis to support end-to-end communication system requirements (e.g., EVM, gain/stability, noise figure, etc.) in addition to interdisciplinary system design (e.g., power, thermal, etc.).&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Implement communication system integration test beds including ground support equipment&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Perform end-to-end system testing including vehicle integration and ground station systems integration testing&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Develop test plans/procedures to support the execution test events&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Support vehicle mission operations to help maintain reliable communication links&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Lead design reviews and collaboration with multi-disciplinary audiences</li></ul>",
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  "skills_knowledge_expertise": "<ul><li><!--block-->Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->5+ years of experience in RF communications system design and component level engineering including transceivers, amplifiers, filters, and antennas.&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Familiarity with digital communications fundamentals such as modulation schemes, spread spectrum, forward error correction, etc&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Experience with RF test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, power meters, etc&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Familiarity with RF simulation tools such as HFSS, ADS, FEKO, etc&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Experience in hardware design for high reliability aerospace applications&nbsp;</li><li><!--block-->Experience or familiarity with environmental testing including thermal chambers and environmental test standards such as SMC-S-016</li></ul>",
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