# RF Integration Team Lead

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $160,000-$180,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

As the Production RF Integration Team Lead, you will build, mentor, and guide a high-performing team of engineers dedicated to the assembly, integration, and testing (AI&T) of Astranis spacecraft payloads and RF sub-assemblies.

**Role**

- Hire, develop, and lead a world-class team of RF test engineers. Cultivate a culture of technical excellence, safety, and continuous learning.

- Oversee the design and implementation of hardware test racks, leveraging both COTS equipment and custom PCBAs to measure complex RF signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test.

- Drive the development of Python-based automation software to interface with flight hardware, RF test equipment (VNAs, spectrum analyzers), and enterprise data systems for seamless data capture.

- Stand up and scale cross-functional business processes for RF test requirements capture, test development, and rigorous test validation.

- Partner closely with RF Design, Mechanical Integration, and Environmental Test teams to channel test insights back into design improvements.

- Manage budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements to ensure production milestones are met without sacrificing quality.

**Requirements**

- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

- 5+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced hardware product development or production environment.

- Proven track record of building, managing, and mentoring engineering teams, with a knack for delegation and team building.

- Strong Design-for-Test (DFT) and test automation mindset, specifically tailored to complex hardware.

- Exceptional ability to synthesize and summarize dense, highly technical RF and systems topics for both executive leadership and cross-functional teams.

- Demonstrated ability to build engineering and operational processes from scratch.

- US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) is required.

- Ability to work 5 days a week in office.

**Bonus**

- Direct experience with RF test and measurement equipment (Vector Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, Noise Figure Meters, Signal Generators).

- Proficiency in Python or C++ for test automation and data analysis.

- Familiarity with the space environment, aerospace hardware integration, and test flows (TVAC, Vibration, EMI/EMC).

- Experience managing a mixed team of both engineers and technicians in a production environment.

- Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and digital communication systems.

**What we offer**

- Base pay: $160,000-$180,000 USD.

- A compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits, such as high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- RF design
- DFT
- Python
- C++
- Digital Signal Processing
- Digital Communication Systems

### Nice to have
- RF test and measurement equipment
- Spectrum Analyzers
- Noise Figure Meters
- Signal Generators
- Space environment
- Aerospace hardware integration
- Test flows (TVAC, Vibration, EMI/EMC)

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