About this role
As an RF Systems Engineer, your core responsibility will be to own top-level RF system architecture for all radio communications, ranging, and positioning systems at Impulse. You will define the roadmap for future radio programs, drive cross-team alignment, and maintain documentation of link budgets and mission-specific hardware.
- You will work with RF engineers, Avionics engineers, mechanical engineers, and others to meet communication system needs across a wide range of capabilities and missions.
You’ll work with uplink and downlink radios up to 32GHz, GNSS receivers, ranging radios, desense, coexistence, and antennas. Coordinate RF system development to ensure alignment across mechanical, thermal, electrical RF, software, manufacturing, and supply chain Lead system-level trades involving transmitters, receivers, antennas, RF mechanical, power, thermal, reliability, and manufacturing Provide updates to engineering leadership on progress, risks, trade studies, and development timelines Own the technical roadmap, including technical progress and timelines, for Impulse’s future RF systems Work with business development to translate customer and mission needs into RF system requirements, architectures, and interfaces Maintain organization of RF system components, interfaces, and link budgets across Impulse’s portfolio of customers and missions Interface with avionics engineers to define digital and power interfaces for RF devices Work with regulatory team to develop compliant RF systems and license Impulse’s designs