K2 Space
Senior RF Hardware Engineer
$120K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years of experience in microwave and RF engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Design, develop, test, and integrate RF and microwave electronics for satellite communications and software-defined radio systems, from initial architecture through spacecraft integration.
What you'll do
- Design RF and microwave hardware and spacecraft PCB assemblies, including component selection, layout, bring-up, and debugging.
- Qualify designs through environmental testing and integrate them into spacecraft systems with internal and external teams.
- Serve as a technical leader and mentor to other team members.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related STEM field.
- 5+ years of experience in microwave and RF engineering.
- Experience designing multilayer PCBAs and integrating commercial off-the-shelf RF integrated circuits using Altium or similar tools.
- Experience with RF circuit modeling and analysis software and RF test equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with space radiation environments, spaceflight hardware, antenna modeling, FPGA design, software-defined radio, phased arrays, or satellite telecommunications.
- Knowledge of RF digital communications and DSP concepts, including spread spectrum, forward error correction, and modulation types.
Pay
$120,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Altium, Cadence AWR Microwave Office, Keysight ADS, vector network analyzers (VNA), spectrum analyzer, Ansys Electronics Desktop HFSS, Altair FEKO, FPGA
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