# Principal RF/Microwave Engineer at Kapta Space

- Company: Kapta Space
- What the company does: Kapta Space develops electrically steerable radar imaging technology for space, with an emphasis on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Earth observation. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://kaptaspace.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Redmond, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $185K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/kapta-space/67b49bb7-5fbe-4149-accd-cab0850bb488
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kapta-space-principal-rf-microwave-engineer/

## About the role

Kapta is seeking a Principal RF/Microwave Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and qualify RF and microwave hardware for our electronically-steered spaceborne radar systems. This engineer will translate radar-level requirements into high-performance, flight-ready hardware spanning transmit and receive signal chains, RF distribution networks, filtering, switching, amplification, frequency conversion, calibration, and interfaces to high-speed digital electronics.

## What they're looking for

- BS/MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, RF/Microwave Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience designing and developing RF/microwave electronics, with demonstrated principal-level technical ownership of complex hardware
- Extensive hands-on experience developing RF/microwave hardware, subsystems, and RF front ends for high-performance communications, sensing, radar, or related applications
- Expert command of RF/microwave fundamentals including S-parameters, transmission lines, impedance matching, noise, linearity, efficiency, phase noise, spurious analysis, stability, and electromagnetic coupling
- Experience with microwave PCB/package design, controlled-impedance routing, grounding, shielding, isolation, component placement, and EMI/EMC mitigation for high-reliability hardware
- Proficiency with RF/microwave simulation and design tools such as Keysight ADS, Cadence AWR Microwave Office, HFSS, CST, or equivalent, plus schematic/PCB tools such as Altium, Allegro, or OrCAD

Tags: Technical Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kapta-space-principal-rf-microwave-engineer/