Lead RF Engineer, Reflector Antenna

Logos Space • Mountain View, CA

2d • $180,000 - $260,000

About The Position

Logos Space is building state-of-the-art radiofrequency (RF) payload hardware and ground antennas, which include cutting-edge mechanically gimbaled reflector antennas. You will be the team lead, responsible engineer, and extreme owner of mechanically steered antennas that will provide resilient satellite-based connectivity. This is an early, high-impact role that demands technical expertise in RF systems for high gain antennas along with an ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional engineering team. At the end of three years, hundreds to thousands of your reflector antennas will be flying in and operating in space.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math).
• 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 the full RF system including: digital, baseband, analog RF/microwave components (amplifiers, mixers, filters, oscillators, etc.), feed antennas, and reflectors.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience carrying RF hardware through its product life cycle, including requirements definition, design reviews, prototyping, test, and production.
• Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; we are looking for a leader.

Nice To Haves

• 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 & measurement tools such as vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios (SDRs).
• Experience with the full space hardware product life cycle, including requirements definition, design reviews, prototyping, test, and mass production.
• Experience designing and testing hardware for space environments or similar per standards such as SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-461, including considerations for 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.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the hardware implementation of and successful spaceflight of RF payload mechanically gimbaled high gain antenna systems.
• Cradle-to-grave ownership of space hardware: perform trade studies, select and manage vendors, design RF and antenna hardware, perform validation tests, and guide your system through production readiness.
• Drive development of system-level requirements for mechanically gimbaled reflector antenna systems.
• Manage cost and schedule of RF hardware.
• Manage vendors and partners, including domestic and international travel as necessary.
• Perform trade studies and define RF system architecture.
• Collaborate with, provide technical leadership, and guide 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 standards such as MIL-STD-461 and SMC-S-016.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior