Apex Space
Senior RF/Comms System Engineer
$175K–$215K
Los Angeles · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of spacecraft RF and Telemetry communications experience designing and testing space links.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field; Master’s degree preferred but not required.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Designs and verifies spacecraft and ground-station communications systems, including RF, digital, and optical architectures, to meet bus and customer payload requirements.
What you'll do
- Design and develop satellite communications systems and spacecraft architectures; define and verify requirements and interfaces.
- Analyze and simulate communications performance, and develop MATLAB and object-oriented analysis tools and system algorithms.
- Support ground-segment integration and testing, hardware procurement and verification, supplier selection, and coordination with engineers and payload customers.
What they ask for
- U.S. Person status or ability to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field.
- 5+ years of spacecraft RF and Telemetry communications experience designing and testing space links.
- Extensive spacecraft design, launch, and operations experience across the development lifecycle, plus integrated software/hardware verification and testing experience.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
Pay
$175,000 - $215,000 a year (base salary)
Tools
RF, digital, optical, MATLAB
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