CesiumAstro
Staff Electrical Engineer I - Phased Array Unit Lead
Austin, TX · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Leads technical definition and end-to-end development of Ka-band phased-array products, from architecture and design through qualification, flight readiness, and production transition.
What you'll do
- Lead the AESA product lifecycle and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, with accountability for schedule and technical execution.
- Oversee integration, testing, environmental qualification, flight readiness, and resolution of technical risks and anomalies.
- Maintain product documentation and communicate technical status, decisions, and risks to internal teams and customers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 8 years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
- Hands-on experience with related technologies such as active phased array antennas; expertise in antennas and board-level RF electronics.
- Experience testing active antennas, including measuring EIRP and G/T; leadership experience with multidisciplinary teams.
Nice to have
- Flight qualification or environmental test campaign experience; radiation-tolerant design experience.
- Experience in hardware/software product development, high-rate manufacturing, rapid development cycles, or high-frequency antenna design such as Ka band.
Tools
Ka-band, Active Electronically Steered Arrays (AESAs), EIRP, G/T, TVAC, EMC
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