Senior RF & Antenna Systems Engineer
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Define phased-array RF architectures for Northwood’s satellite ground-station network and connect antenna, RF, SATCOM, and communications performance.
Salary
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Location
Torrance, United States
Employment type
Full time
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Senior RF & Antenna Systems Engineer
Torrance, United States
Job description
About the role
Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array ground stations for real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions, including national security, global connectivity, and disaster response.
As a Senior RF & Antenna Systems Engineer, you will define and evaluate phased-array RF architectures for Northwood’s satellite ground-station network. You will translate mission and link requirements into antenna, aperture, beamforming, RF front-end, calibration, and tracking requirements, and evaluate their effects on end-to-end communications performance.
The role connects phased arrays, RF systems, SATCOM links, and physical-layer communications. You will work with antenna, RF, DSP/communications, digital, mechanical, manufacturing, software, and operations teams to ensure the complete ground-station system achieves its required link performance.
Responsibilities
- Define phased-array antenna and RF-system architectures for satellite communication ground stations.
- Translate mission, coverage, link-availability, waveform, throughput, and regulatory requirements into aperture, RF front-end, beamforming, calibration, pointing, and tracking specifications.
- Develop and maintain end-to-end SATCOM link budgets incorporating...
Requirements
- Deep experience in phased-array or antenna systems.
- Ability to connect gain, scan loss, polarization, sidelobes, noise, linearity, phase noise, calibration, and propagation to EVM, acquisition, BER, throughput, and link availability.
Key facts
- The role defines and evaluates phased-array RF architectures for a satellite ground-station network.
- The work connects phased arrays, RF systems, SATCOM links, and physical-layer communications.
- The ideal candidate has deep experience in phased-array or antenna systems.
Frequently asked questions
What does the role involve?
You will define and evaluate phased-array RF architectures for Northwood’s satellite ground-station network and translate mission and link requirements into system requirements.
What experience is sought?
The source describes an ideal candidate with deep experience in phased-array or antenna systems.
Which teams will this role work with?
The role works with antenna, RF, DSP/communications, digital, mechanical, manufacturing, software, and operations teams.