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Space RF & Comms
Space RF & Comms jobs in San Carlos, CA
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Senior RF Engineer
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Cowboy Space · San Carlos, CA · RF & Comms
You will own the RF communications system for Cowboy Space's orbital solar power satellites, from link-budget definition through flight support. Design and qualify telemetry, command, and payload RF hardware across UHF to Ka-band, integrate with vehicle avionics, and lead anomaly resolution.
$202 to $170,000 per year
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DSP Software Engineer
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Cowboy Space · San Carlos, CA · RF & Comms
You'll develop mission-critical real-time digital signal processing algorithms that power spacecraft communications and sensing. Working across FPGA, RF, and avionics teams, you'll own the software that extracts and processes high-speed data streams in orbit, optimizing for latency, throughput, and power efficiency.
$167,000 to $214,000 per year
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Electrical Engineer, Optical Communications
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Cowboy Space · San Carlos, CA · RF & Comms
Own the design and integration of high-throughput optical communications links and software-defined radio pipelines for orbital platforms. You will architect end-to-end communication chains, validate performance under real-world constraints, and collaborate with avionics and firmware teams to field flight-ready systems.
$150,000 to $200,000 per year
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Staff Engineer, Optics & RF
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Cowboy Space · San Carlos, CA · RF & Comms
You'll design RF circuitry and signal chains for optical communication links supporting data rates up to 50 Gbps aboard Cowboy Space's orbital power and compute platforms. Own RF subsystems from architecture through flight qualification, collaborating with optics, electrical, and systems teams to build the communications backbone of the orbital economy.
$219,000 to $276,000 per year
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