Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer, RF
Core
Design, test, and integrate GPS-based navigation avionics and RF systems for the Terran R launch vehicle, supporting booster-stage landing, recovery, and reuse.
Role type
Senior IC avionics hardware engineer (RF)
Builds
GPS navigation avionics, RF telemetry/command systems, and sensor infrastructure for reusable rockets
Domain
Aerospace / Launch Vehicles / RF Engineering
Required skills
RF fundamentals (impedance matching, transmission-line theory, link budgets, propagation, antenna characteristics), hardware debugging and validation, cross-functional collaboration, sensor data integration (GPS, IMU, magnetometers, altimeters, LiDAR), high-speed serial interfaces (SPI, PCIe, Ethernet), SoC/microcontroller design
Preferred skills
GNSS receiver systems (PVT calculations, satellite tracking, error sources, RF front-end), RF communications (modulation schemes, channel coding, BER analysis), embedded systems design
Technologies
Ethernet, PCIe, Robotics, Embedded
Responsibilities
Own development, testing, and integration of GPS-based navigation avionics; conduct architectural trade studies and develop test plans; develop critical sensor infrastructure for landing and recovery; provide technical guidance on RF architecture (telemetry, uplinks, antenna deployment); mentor hardware engineers on RF design fundamentals; collaborate across systems to ensure RF cohesion from design through operations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
