- Experience designing antennas for aerospace vehicles, spacecraft, missiles, aircraft, or other highly integrated platforms.
- Familiarity with S-band, L-band, or other telemetry and communications frequency bands relevant to flight systems.
- Experience with vehicle-level RF analysis and link budget support.
- Familiarity with antenna/RF system integration in harsh thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, and radiation environments.
- Experience with radome analysis, conformal antenna integration, or embedded antenna architectures.
- Familiarity with aerospace and defense qualification standards such as MIL-STD-461/810, DO-160, SMC-S-016, or similar frameworks.
- Experience developing custom analysis scripts or tools in Python or MATLAB to support EM post-processing, optimization, or test data reduction.
- Experience in startup environments or small, highly collaborative engineering teams.
Additionally: Staff-Level Consideration – We are also open to considering exceptional candidates for a Staff Antenna Engineer level. Staff-level candidates should possess all of the qualifications listed above, in addition to 8+ years of professional experience with demonstrated technical leadership in antenna system development for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications. The Staff-level compensation range is $161,000 - $221,000.
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000 - $193,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
ITAR Compliance
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