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RF, Communications & Payloads

$135k–$270k/yrtypical paylive median $162k/yr hire for it

Measured from 146 distinct posted rates, across 20 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 92 of the 238 listings open here post no pay at all.

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Updated 29 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTC
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Make spacecraft talk and sense: RF and antenna design, phased arrays, signal processing and modems, optical and laser communication terminals, and the payloads a satellite carries, from broadband and direct-to-phone links to radar and imaging instruments.

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RF, Communications & Payloads. Make spacecraft talk and sense: RF and antenna design, phased arrays, signal processing and modems, optical and laser communication terminals, and the payloads a satellite carries, from broadband and direct-to-phone links to radar and imaging instruments. The usual range is $135k–$270k/yr and the median $162k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. hire for it, including Hubble Network, Xona Space Systems, Northwood Space.

Who hires for RF & payloads work

EmployerOpen nowPay for this work
Hubble Network logoHubble Network6$182k–$292k/yr
Xona Space Systems logoXona Space Systems5$155k–$206k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space7$156k–$226k/yr
ICEYE logoICEYE5Stated per posting
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Stated per posting
RTX logoRTX0Stated per posting
SpaceX logoSpaceX80$148k–$280k/yr
Spire Global logoSpire Global0Stated per posting
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile11Stated per posting
HawkEye 360 logoHawkEye 3603$130k–$162k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis15$60.3k–$158k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). Employers with a referral agreement get a boost in this order, which has no effect on the salary they offer.

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