RF Hardware Engineer Seen this week

K2 Space · Los Angeles, CA · RF & Comms · first seen 2026-07-16

The Role

You will be responsible for the design and development of radiofrequency (RF) and microwave electronics for K2 Space's largest, most powerful satellites. In your first 6 months you will architect, develop, own, test, and integrate new RF electronics for use in software defined radio (SDR) systems for satellite communications and beyond. You will work with a multidisciplinary team of antenna, field programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processing (DSP), software, mechanical, and electrical engineers to prototype your systems and refine your designs. In your first two years you will have flown your system in space and developed cutting-edge radiofrequency systems.

Responsibilities

Design and development of radiofrequency and microwave hardware from UHF 200 MHz through Ka band 30 GHz, including phased array antennas, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, RF mixers, up and downconverters, high speed data converters, and other RF electronics components
Design printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) for spacecraft including architecture, schematic capture, component selection, layout, bring up and debugging
Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing
Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft system

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
1+ years of experience in microwave and RF engineering
Experience designing multilayer PCBAs and integrating commercial off-the-shelf integrated circuits for RF applications in Altium or similar PCB design tools
Experience with RF circuit modeling and analysis software tools such as Cadence AWR Microwave Office and Keysight ADS
Experience with RF test equipment such as vector network analyzers (VNA), spectrum analyzer, etc.
Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere

Nice to Have

Experience with component selection for use in space radiation environments and flying hardware in space
Experience with antenna and electromagnetic modeling and analysis software tools such as Ansys Electronics Desktop HFSS and Altair FEKO
Experience with FPGA design, implementation, verification, and validation for RF applications
Experience with software defined radio hardware development including high speed RF data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters), clock trees, and data converter interfaces
Experience with phased arrays and digital beamforming
Experience with signal intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare (EW), and/or satellite telecommunications
Knowledge of RF digital communications and digital signal processing (DSP) concepts such as spread spectrum, forward error correction, and modulation types such as BPSK, QAM, etc

Compensation

Base salary range: $115,000 to $200,000 plus equity in the company
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave

K2 Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This role requires access to ITAR-controlled information. You must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. Section 120.15 (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or certain protected individuals) or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.