Space Jobs for RF Engineers

Going by the 101 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for RF and communications engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $135k–$265k/yr and the median is $160k/yr. The top posted figure is $317k/yr, at Varda Space Industries. 73 of the 174 open roles for RF and communications engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

Usually an electrical engineering degree, often a master's, and experience with RF design and test equipment. Each listing states the degree, the experience and the location it asks for. Of the 39 open roles for RF and communications engineers whose requirements we read, 1 a master's, 33 at least a bachelor's and 5 name no degree.

An RF engineer at a space company designs and tests the radio side of a mission: antennas and phased arrays, transmitters and receivers, the link budget and the signal processing, on the satellite, in the user terminal and at the ground station.

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Hubble Network, Inversion Space and Xona Space Systems among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.