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As an RF Systems Engineer at Impulse, you will own the top-level RF system architecture for all radio communications, ranging, and positioning systems. This is a strategic technical role where you define the roadmap for future radio programs, drive cross-team alignment, and maintain comprehensive documentation of link budgets and mission-specific hardware.
Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinate RF system development across mechanical, thermal, electrical, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to ensure alignment
- Lead system-level trade studies involving transmitters, receivers, antennas, RF mechanical design, power, thermal management, reliability, and manufacturing considerations
- Provide regular updates to engineering leadership on progress, risks, trade studies, and development timelines
- Own the technical roadmap and timelines for Impulse's future RF systems portfolio
- Translate customer and mission needs into RF system requirements, architectures, and interfaces in collaboration with business development
- Maintain organization and documentation of RF system components, interfaces, and link budgets across Impulse's customer and mission portfolio
- Interface with avionics engineers to define digital and power interfaces for RF devices
- Work with the regulatory team to develop compliant RF systems and support licensing of Impulse's designs
You will work with uplink and downlink radios up to 32 GHz, GNSS receivers, ranging radios, desense and coexistence analysis, and antenna systems.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- 2+ years of professional experience with direct ownership of RF communication components or systems
- Experience developing RF link budgets including antenna patterns, atmospheric modeling, link availability, and RF transmitter and receiver characteristics
- Demonstrated ability in system architecture design for high-reliability applications
- Proficiency with common RF lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers and vector network analyzers (VNAs)
- Familiarity with EM concepts of RF transmitters, RF receivers, antennas, and transmission lines
- Experience designing for and proving compliance with spectral emissions masks or similar regulatory requirements
