Relativity Space
Staff RF Systems Engineer
$175K–$263K
Long Beach, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Owns and develops Terran R vehicle RF systems, including architecture, link budgets, frequency planning, antenna coverage, hardware integration, and testing.
What you'll do
- Lead system-level RF architecture trades and maintain end-to-end telemetry, command, and video link budgets across flight phases.
- Define the vehicle frequency plan and lead antenna placement and coverage analyses.
- Support RF hardware development, requirements, design reviews, integrated testing, anomaly investigations, and mentorship of junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of RF systems engineering experience on launch vehicles, spacecraft, missiles, or comparable flight systems, including taking flight RF hardware from design through qualification.
- Strong RF fundamentals, including link budgets, antenna theory, interference, and EMI/EMC requirements.
- Hands-on RF test equipment experience and proficiency with full-wave EM simulation tools and Python or MATLAB.
Nice to have
- Experience with launch range RF interfaces, high-dynamics link validation, or telemetry standards such as IRIG-106.
- Familiarity with spectrum management, STK or other trajectory-based coverage tools, or managing RF hardware suppliers.
Pay
USD 175,000–263,000 base salary
Tools
MIL-STD-461/464, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, EMI receivers, HFSS, FEKO, CST, Python, MATLAB
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