Lead Phased Array Antenna Engineer Verified today
About the role
Logos Space is building state-of-the-art RF payload hardware and ground antennas, including cutting-edge phased array antennas for a Low Earth Orbit satellite system. You will be the lead engineer and owner of electronically steered antennas that provide resilient satellite-based connectivity. You will define, design, analyze, and validate the phased array system architecture in an early, high-impact role.
What you will do
- Own RF payload phased array antenna systems from cradle to grave: trade studies, vendor selection and management, RF and antenna hardware design, validation testing, and production readiness
- Drive development of system-level requirements for a complex phased array antenna system
- Perform trade studies and define RF system architecture
- Manage cost and schedule of RF hardware
- Lead and provide technical guidance to a multi-disciplinary team including antenna, RF, mechanical, thermal, electrical, power, digital, modem, manufacturing, test, and supply chain engineers
- Establish and manage qualification and acceptance test campaigns for space environments (vibration, thermal, TVAC, radiation) per MIL-STD-461 and SMC-S-016 standards
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or STEM field
- 5+ years of industry experience in RF, microwave, and/or antenna engineering for satellite communications or similar applications
- Strong theoretical and practical understanding of phased array antennas, beamforming, and electronically steered antennas
- Familiarity with full RF systems including digital, baseband, analog RF/microwave components (amplifiers, mixers, filters, oscillators) and radiating elements
- Demonstrated experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience carrying RF hardware through product life cycle: requirements definition, design reviews, prototyping, test, and production
- Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering
- Experience with design, calibration, and over-the-air measurements of multi-beam phased array antennas or active electronically steered arrays (AESAs)
- Experience with RF test and measurement tools such as vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios (SDRs)
- Full space hardware product life cycle experience including requirements, design reviews, prototyping, test, and mass production
- Experience designing and testing hardware for space environments per SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-461, including thermal management, vibration, radiation effects, and reliability
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing technical projects
- Experience managing subcontractors and suppliers for space hardware
- Familiarity with LEO satellite communications systems and high-throughput payloads
- Familiarity with RF propagation, link budgets, and system-level RF architecture
- Familiarity with RF or millimeter wave analog hardware development at Ku- through V-band frequencies
Location
Mountain View or San Diego