Lead RF Engineer – High-Gain Reflector Antenna

Logos Space; Mountain View (WY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Logos Space is building state-of-the-art RF payload hardware and ground antennas, including mechanically gimbaled reflector antennas. You will be the team lead, responsible engineer, and owner of mechanically steered antennas delivering resilient satellite-based connectivity.

This early, high-impact role requires strong RF systems expertise, proven leadership, and ability to guide a cross-functional engineering team through production readiness for space hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or STEM fields.
• 5+ years of RF, microwave, and/or antenna engineering experience for satellite comms or similar applications.
• Strong understanding of reflector antennas, large aperture high gain antennas, and waveguide.
• Experience with RF system including digital, baseband, analog RF/microwave components, feed antennas, reflectors.
• Proven collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team.
• RF hardware lifecycle ownership from requirements through production.

Responsibilities

• Cradle-to-grave ownership of RF payload mechanically gimbaled high gain antenna systems.
• Drive system-level requirements for gimbaled reflector antennas.
• Manage cost and schedule of RF hardware.
• Oversee vendors and partners, domestic and international travel as needed.
• Perform trade studies and define RF system architecture.
• Lead cross-disciplinary team across antenna, RF, mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other engineering domains.
• Establish and manage qualification and acceptance test campaigns per MIL-STD-461 and SMC-S-016.

Skills

5+ years RF engineering

Strong RF theory practice

Cross-functional collaboration

Lifecycle experience

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or STEM

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

SDRs

GRASP TICRA

Job description

Logos Space is building state-of-the-art RF payload hardware and ground antennas, including mechanically gimbaled reflector antennas. You will be the team lead, responsible engineer, and owner of mechanically steered antennas delivering resilient satellite-based connectivity.

This early, high-impact role requires strong RF systems expertise, proven leadership, and ability to guide a cross-functional engineering team through production readiness for space hardware.