LeoLabs delivers the Orbital Intelligence operators need to detect, track, characterize, and respond to threats in space. Backed by Insight.
About the role
If you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.As a Staff RF Engineer, you will lead the development of the RF electronics that define the performance of our next-generation radar systems. You will own challenging RF design problems across multiple programs, from architecture and requirements through design, validation, and production.
What they're looking for
- Lead the architecture and development of RF modules for next-generation radar platforms
- Design and analyze RF circuits including receivers, transmitters, amplifiers, filters, frequency synthesis, and antenna interfaces
- Develop system-level RF budgets, cascade analyses, and performance models
- Drive RF PCB design from schematic capture through layout, bring-up, validation, and production release
- Perform laboratory characterization, debugging, calibration, and performance optimization using modern RF test equipment
- Work closely with electrical, mechanical, embedded software, and manufacturing engineers to integrate RF hardware into complete radar systems
More about this role
Why LeoLabs?
At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.
We’re not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, LeoLabs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top-tier space operators and allied defense organizations.
If you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.As a Staff RF Engineer, you will lead the development of the RF electronics that define the performance of our next-generation radar systems. You will own challenging RF design problems across multiple programs, from architecture and requirements through design, validation, and production. This is a...
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