Lead Engineer, RF & Electrical —Antenna Systems

Team: Engineering & Operations

Location: Saratoga, CA

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: onsite

Salary:

What you will do:

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of antenna/RF design and RF test engineers and technicians. 

• Own radiating-element RF design — element geometry, impedance and match, polarization, and bandwidth across a wide operating band. 

• Own array layout and dimensioning, and array-level RF performance — gain, pattern, and sensitivity to surface accuracy. 

• Own the element-level electrical and electronics design that drives each radiating element. 

• Direct the RF test function — element, array, and module characterization; test planning; and acceptance criteria. 

• Hold the subsystem's RF and electrical requirements, budgets, and verification, and close them through analysis and test. 

• Partner with adjacent communications, avionics, mechanical/structures, and integration & test teams across the program. 

• Support environmental and deployment testing of the integrated antenna. 

What you bring to this role:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, or a related field. 

• Lead- or Staff-level antenna/RF engineer with phased-array hardware experience (element and array design). 

• Experience with RF front-end or module-level electronics. 

• Demonstrated RF test leadership — characterization, test planning, and acceptance. 

• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams. 

Bonus Points:

• Wideband VHF/UHF antenna experience (spiral or comparable broadband elements). 

• Space or flight RF hardware experience, including environmental qualification (thermal-vacuum, vibration, radiation, EMC). 

• Experience with space structures. 

• Experience supporting integration and test of flight hardware.