Staff RF Embedded Software Engineer

Own the end-to-end flight RF embedded software scope for space missions, from communications requirements through testing and satellite-to-ground data pipeline support.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-disciplinary team to define and implement RF software communications requirements for each mission
• Implement RF software architectures and help bring up RF systems
• Develop RF digital signal processing and calibration algorithms
• Design and optimize RF system control algorithms to improve performance and reliability
• Collaborate with ground software teams to develop and test satellite-to-ground data pipelines

Requirements

• 8+ years developing software for wireless systems in critical applications
• 8+ years writing embedded C/C++ code
• Ability to work in the lab with RF equipment, including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios
• Proficiency testing and troubleshooting complex mixed signal boards
• Proficiency testing RF components such as PA’s, PLL’s, LNA’s, and mixers
• Strong understanding of major blocks of RF signal modulation/demodulation

Technologies

• Embedded C/C++
• Spectrum analyzers, signal generators
• Software defined radios
• Xilinx UltraScale+
• PSK, GFSK, APSK
• DVB-S2, CCSDS
• GNU radio, GNU radio flowgraph development

Preferred skills and experience

• Xilinx UltraScale+ board bring up and development experience
• Experience implementing baseband software for PSK, GFSK, or APSK-based systems
• Experience with RF protocols such as DVB-S2 and CCSDS
• Experience writing software or firmware for a space environment (space link budgets, ground station integration, etc.)
• Experience with GNU radio flowgraph development and troubleshooting
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Benefits

• Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
• Medical, vision & dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

Compensation and location

• Location: Redondo Beach, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 170,000 - 210,000 per year

Additional information: Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay are determined case-by-case and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities, and internal equity. Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including ITAR and EAR. Applicants must be either U.S. Persons (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident, asylum granted individual in the U.S., or refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from applicable U.S. government agencies.