Amazon
Sr. Phased Array RF Front End Architect, Payload Architecture Team
$159K–$215K
San Diego, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of experience in RF front-end or phased-array architecture for wireless, satellite, or defense applications.
- Education
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Owns and develops phased-array RF front-end architecture for Direct-to-Device and Broadband satellite payloads, from antenna element to digital interface, and supports validation, production, and on-orbit operations.
What you'll do
- Define and optimize RF front-end and T/R module architecture, ensuring performance across beam-steering angles and alignment with digital beamforming.
- Set component-level and radiation-tolerance requirements, conduct semiconductor process trade studies, and validate requirements through testing.
- Support thermal and power architecture, production, lab measurements, and on-orbit debugging.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience in component selection and reliability; RF measurement equipment; wireless system design, integration, and analysis; and practical semiconductor design and integration.
- Experience in phased-array RF front-end or T/R module architecture, including performance across beam-steering angles; RF simulators or link-budget tools using MATLAB, Python, or C++.
- 7+ years of experience in RF front-end or phased-array architecture for wireless, satellite, or defense applications.
Nice to have
- Space vehicle/satellite operations, space communications, or related industry experience; PhD in electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics.
- Multi-band or wideband RF front-end experience across cellular-band and Ka-band or mmWave; scan performance analysis; or PA linearity-efficiency optimization using DPD or CFR.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Python, C++, DPD, CFR
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