# Senior Manager, Spectrum Licensing at LeoLabs

- Company: LeoLabs
- What the company does: LeoLabs delivers the Orbital Intelligence operators need to detect, track, characterize, and respond to threats in space. Backed by Insight.
- Company website: https://www.leolabs.space/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/leolabsinc/jobs/4415056009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/leolabs-senior-manager-spectrum-licensing/

## About the role

LeoLabs is expanding its global network of ground-based radars, and securing the Radio Frequency regulatory approvals required to deploy and operate those systems is critical to that growth. In this role, you will lead LeoLabs' global RF permitting function, owning the operational strategy and execution for spectrum licensing, experimental and permanent operating authorities, equipment certification, and type approval across new and existing markets.

## What they're looking for

- Located on the U.S. West Coast (Pacific or Mountain time zones)
- 10+ years of experience in spectrum management, RF regulatory operations, RF compliance, telecommunications licensing, or a closely related technical or regulatory field
- Demonstrated experience obtaining spectrum licenses or equivalent RF operating approvals, including direct engagement with government spectrum regulators
- Strong working knowledge of RF fundamentals, including frequency allocations, bandwidth, emissions, antenna characteristics, propagation, interference, and spectrum compatibility
- Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, ambiguous, or novel regulatory environments where the approval pathway is not fully defined at the outset
- Strong project or program management capability, including schedule, risk, dependency, consultant, budget, and stakeholder management across multiple concurrent workstreams

Tags: Radars