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Space Jobs for RF Engineers in the San Jose Area

31 open roles for RF and communications engineers at 7 space companies name a site in the San Jose area, most of them in Palo Alto and Santa Clara; typical pay runs $160k–$281k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring RF and communications engineers in the San Jose area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
E-Space11$163k/yr
SpaceX10$213k/yr
Blue Origin3$276k/yr
Muon Space3$177k/yr
Teledyne2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
Lockheed Martin1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Palo Alto9
  • Santa Clara7
  • Saratoga4
  • Cupertino3
  • San Jose3
  • Sunnyvale3
  • Mountain View2

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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What people ask about RF and communications engineers' work in the San Jose area

Which space companies hire RF and communications engineers in the San Jose area?

Today, E-Space (11 roles), SpaceX (10 roles), Blue Origin (3 roles), Muon Space (3 roles), Teledyne (2 roles), Amazon Leo (1 role), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Jose area.

Where in the San Jose area are the roles for RF and communications engineers?

Most are in Palo Alto (9), Santa Clara (7), Saratoga (4), Cupertino (3), 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 San Jose area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $175k/yr, with typical pay from $160k–$281k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 5,970 electronics engineers, except computer working in the San Jose area, in any industry, earn a median $194k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for RF and communications engineers here post a median $175k/yr today, 10% below 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 San Jose area require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% 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 San Jose area (the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: San Benito and Santa Clara 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.