Senior Manager, RF Engineering

Vast is looking for a Senior Manager, RF Engineering, reporting to the Director, RF Engineering, to support the development of communication systems that will be required for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit and empower a diverse team of engineers to develop communication systems for crewed spacecraft.
• Guide the development of RF & communication systems requirements for Vast’s applications.
• Manage vendor and contractor relationships.
• Ensure the RF team meets project deadlines and company objectives.
• Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the RF team to be successful.
• Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of experience working in an RF communications role.
• 4+ years of experience in engineering leadership.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Familiarity with space communication standards such as DVB-S2, CCSDS, C2V2.
• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related engineering discipline.
• Prior experience in an RF electronics or systems design role.
• Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc.
• Experience with digital communications and networking standards such as Ethernet, UDP, TCP/IP, SPI, I2C, PCIe, SGMII/RGMII.
• Experience with acceptance and qualification test of space rated hardware and related standards such as SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000, MIL-STD-461.
• Deep understanding of system design, fault tolerance, and engineering process needed to create highly reliable, human rated spacecraft.
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to teach people of a multitude of education and industry backgrounds about RF & optical communication systems.