Senior RF Engineer
Pubblicato il 13-08-2026 - ARCA Dynamics in Roma
Be part of a young and visionary team on a path to innovation. Our goal: sustainable human resilience in Space
At ARCA Dynamics, you'll be part of a fast-growing international team tackling some of the most exciting challenges in the space industry. Whether your expertise lies in spacecraft engineering, software development, AI, data processing, mission operations, or systems integration, you'll contribute directly to technologies shaping the future of space security and infrastructures.
We are seeking an experienced Senior RF Engineer to strengthen our hardware development capabilities in the field of passive RF payloads for small satellites, for the aerospace and defense sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and validating innovative RF payload solutions addressing challenging scenarios in orbit, where no equivalent system has been deployed in space to date. The role includes developing robust solutions for demanding technical and environmental constraints,
while continuously enhancing the performance and reliability of the payload architecture.
This candidate will carry out activities spanning both Research & Development tasks and Assembly, Integration & Verification (AIV) / Operations tasks, to create innovative, state-of-the-art solutions with strong technical impact. The selected candidate will contribute to the development of next-generation capabilities that support mission-critical space-based RF sensing activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize passive RF payload architectures, covering the full signal chain from antenna front-end to digital back-end.
- Define and manage the analog and digital RF signal processing chain, including antenna design, filtering, low-noise amplification, frequency conversion, and signal conditioning.
- Design, select, and integrate antenna hardware suited to the constraints of small satellite platforms (mass, volume, power, thermal).
- Develop and inte