Senior Antenna Engineer

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

* A Senior Antenna Engineer will be part of multidisciplinary team that will contribute to the following: * Design of advanced antenna and feed systems in support of next generation products. * Fabricate and characterize prototypes of antennas, feed systems and RF front ends. * Contribute different aspects of the integration of the antennas into spacecrafts and other systems.

**Basic Qualifications :** * Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering or physics. * 8+ years of research or development experience in the general areas of RF and Antennas (including internship and thesis work). * 1+ years of experience with one of the 3D EM simulation tools such as CST, HFSS, FEKO, SEMCAD, EMPro, TICRA or XFDTD. * 1+ years of experience with one of the mainstream RF circuit simulation tools: AWR, ADS, Genesys. **Preferred Skills And Experience:** * Proficient in basic RF concepts such as impedance matching, linear and aperture antennas, smith chart, power handling metrics (IIP2, IMD), microwave network analysis, RF fiter design. * Familiar with antenna prototyping tools and techniques. * Familiar with antenna measurement techniques and tools such as anechoic/reverb chambers, near field EM measurements. * Masters of Science or Ph.D. in electrical engineering with some research/thesis work on RF or antennas preferred.