Communications and payloads in the Dallas area
Space Jobs for RF Engineers in the Dallas Area
11 open roles for RF and communications engineers at 2 space companies name a site in the Dallas area, most of them in Arlington and Dallas; typical pay runs $173k–$210k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring RF and communications engineers in the Dallas area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| E-Space | 10 | $175k/yr |
| AST SpaceMobile | 1 | not stated |
Where the roles are
- Arlington10
- Dallas1
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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 15:02 UTC
Principal RF Engineer (opens the job details)
AST SpaceMobile · RF & Payloads · Dallas, Texas, United States· 2d agoDetails

Wireless Test and Automation Engineer - 5G PHY & Stack (opens the job details)
E-Space · Systems & Test · Arlington, TX, United States· 4d agoDetails

Senior Structural Dynamics Analyst, Deployable Antenna Structures (opens the job details)
E-Space · Mechanical · Arlington, TX, United States· 1w agoDetails
$140,000–$210000/yr
Mechanical Test Engineer, Deployable Antenna Structures (opens the job details)
E-Space · Systems & Test · Arlington, TX, United States· 1w agoDetails
$140,000–$210000/yr
Senior RF Front-End Design Engineer - Satellite User Terminals (opens the job details)
E-Space · RF & Payloads · Arlington, TX, United States· 2w agoDetails
$160,000–$195000/yr
Senior Antenna Design Engineer - Satellite User Terminals (opens the job details)
E-Space · RF & Payloads · Arlington, TX, United States· 2w agoDetails
$160,000–$195000/yr
Senior Communications Systems Engineer – Satellite & NTN (opens the job details)
E-Space · Systems & Test · Santa Clara, CA +3 more· 1mo agoDetails
$150,000–$200000/yr
RF Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
E-Space · RF & Payloads · Saratoga, CA +3 more· 3mo agoDetails
$120,000–$200,000/yr
Senior Opto/Electrical Harness Engineer — Antenna Systems (opens the job details)
E-Space · Avionics · Santa Clara, CA +3 more· 4mo agoDetails
$140,000–$190000/yr
Senior Antenna Design Engineer (opens the job details)
E-Space · RF & Payloads · Santa Clara, CA +3 more· 9mo agoDetails
$160,000–$195000/yr
Principal RF Integration & Test Engineer (opens the job details)
E-Space · Systems & Test · Arlington, TX, United States· 1y+ agoDetails
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What people ask about RF and communications engineers' work in the Dallas area
Which space companies hire RF and communications engineers in the Dallas area?
Today, E-Space (10 roles), AST SpaceMobile (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Dallas area.
Where in the Dallas area are the roles for RF and communications engineers?
Most are in Arlington (10), Dallas (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for RF and communications engineers in the Dallas area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $175k/yr, with typical pay from $173k–$210k/yr; 9.6% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 4,200 electronics engineers, except computer working in the Dallas area, in any industry, earn a median $135k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for RF and communications engineers here post a median $175k/yr today, 29.5% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.
Do roles for RF and communications engineers in the Dallas area require US citizenship?
Of the 1,688 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 78.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.4% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.
How is this list made?
We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Dallas area (the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for RF and communications engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.