Staff Electrical Engineer I - Phased Array Unit Lead

🚀 We’re hiring: Staff Electrical Engineer – Phased Array Unit Lead | Westminster, CO

I’m looking to connect with experienced Electrical/RF Engineers with a strong background in phased array antennas, RF electronics, and space hardware for a technical leadership opportunity in Westminster, Colorado.

This is a hands-on Unit Lead / Responsible Engineer position focused on Ka-band Active Electronically Steered Arrays (AESAs) for advanced spaceborne payloads.

You’ll take technical ownership of a complete phased array product — leading it from architecture and design through integration, qualification, production, and flight readiness.

🛰️ What you’ll be responsible for:

• Leading end-to-end development of Ka-band AESA / phased array systems

• Technical ownership across architecture, design, prototyping, integration and test

• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams across RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software and systems engineering

• Antenna and board-level RF electronics development

• Array control, power conversion and supporting digital electronics

• Active antenna testing, including EIRP and G/T measurements

• Leading environmental qualification including TVAC, vibration, shock and EMC

• Requirements, ICDs, verification plans, risk management and design reviews

• Root cause analysis, anomaly resolution and technical risk mitigation

• Transitioning flight hardware into scalable production

• Communicating technical decisions, risks and progress to customers and leadership

🔧 What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years of electronics hardware engineering experience

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline

• Hands-on experience with active phased array antennas

• Strong expertise in antennas and board-level RF electronics

• Experience testing active antennas and measuring EIRP / G/T

• Understanding of digital/power support circuitry and DFM

• Experience leading or mentoring multidisciplinary engineering teams

• Strong systems engineering, requirements and V&V knowledge

• Excellent technical and customer-facing communication skills

Experience with Ka-band antenna design, flight hardware, radiation-tolerant electronics, NewSpace development, or previous Responsible Engineer / Technical Lead / IPT Lead / Chief Engineer responsibilities would be particularly valuable.

📍 Westminster, Colorado

🏢 Full-time | On-site

🛰️ Spaceborne Phased Arrays / AESA

This is a strong opportunity for an engineer who wants to combine deep RF/phased-array expertise with full product ownership and multidisciplinary technical leadership.

Due to U.S. space technology export regulations, candidates must meet the applicable U.S. export-control eligibility requirements for the position.

If your background includes phased arrays, AESA, Ka-band, antenna engineering, RF electronics, SATCOM, or space payload development, I’d love to hear from you.

📩 Message me directly or send across your resume for more information.

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