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About Logos Space
Logos Space is building a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system for enterprise and government connectivity. The system is designed to extend cloud and data center network connectivity anywhere in the world to fixed, seaborne, and airborne terminals.
The Role
You will be the team lead and responsible engineer for mechanically steered reflector antenna systems. This is an early, high-impact role requiring technical expertise in RF systems and the ability to collaborate across disciplines. At the end of three years, hundreds to thousands of your reflector antennas will be flying and operating in space.
What You'll Own
- Cradle-to-grave ownership of RF payload mechanically gimbaled high gain antenna hardware: trade studies, vendor selection and management, RF and antenna design, validation testing, and production readiness
- Development of system-level requirements for mechanically gimbaled reflector antenna systems
- RF system architecture and trade studies
- Cost and schedule management of RF hardware
- Vendor and partner management, including international travel as needed
- Technical leadership of multi-disciplinary teams: antenna, RF, mechanical, thermal, electrical, power, digital, modem, manufacturing, test, and supply chain engineers
- Qualification and acceptance test campaigns for space environments (vibration, thermal, TVAC, radiation) per MIL-STD-461 and SMC-S-016
Required 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 reflector antennas, large aperture high gain antennas, and waveguide
- Familiarity with full RF systems: digital, baseband, analog RF/microwave components (amplifiers, mixers, filters, oscillators), feed antennas, and reflectors
- Demonstrated experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience carrying RF hardware through its product life cycle: requirements definition, design reviews, prototyping, test, and production
- Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; we are looking for a leader
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering
- Experience with design and over-the-air measurement of mechanically steered high gain antennas
- Experience with orthomode transducers (OMTs), diplexers, polarizers, feed antennas, traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), and other waveguide components
- Experience with high frequency approximation computational electromagnetics tools such as TICRA GRASP
- Experience with RF test and measurement tools: vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios (SDRs)
- Experience with full space hardware product life cycle including 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
- Familiarity with CNC machining and additive manufacturing for millimeter wave components