Senior User Terminal Antenna Systems Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior User Terminal Antenna & RF Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the evaluation, design, validation, and deployment of advanced satellite user terminal antenna technologies. This role supports the development of next-generation broadband communications systems for fixed, mobility, maritime, aeronautical, and land-mobile applications.

• Develop and maintain technical requirements for advanced user terminal antenna systems.
• Define, allocate, and verify antenna performance requirements for fixed, mobile, maritime, aeronautical, and land-mobile communication terminals.
• Support the development of certification, qualification, regulatory approval, and product validation processes.
• Perform system-level modeling, simulation, and performance analysis of antenna systems operating within broadband satellite communication networks.
• Analyze antenna performance, coverage, beam steering, link budgets, and operational suitability under varying deployment scenarios.
• Identify opportunities for performance improvements, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancements, and technology innovation.

• Serve as the primary technical interface with antenna manufacturers, RF component suppliers, engineering partners, and technology vendors.
• Evaluate proposed antenna solutions based on technical performance, reliability, manufacturability, production readiness, cost, schedule, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead supplier design reviews, technical assessments, architecture evaluations, and technology roadmap discussions.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering guidance to multidisciplinary development teams throughout the product lifecycle.

• Develop comprehensive validation, characterization, and verification plans for prototype and production antenna systems.
• Support laboratory testing, environmental qualification, field trials, interoperability testing, and production validation.
• Analyze test results and recommend design improvements based on measured RF performance and operational data.
• Collaborate with RF, hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, and quality engineering teams to ensure successful product integration.

• Monitor advancements in:
  • Electronically Steerable Antennas (ESA)
  • Phased-array antenna systems
  • Beamforming technologies
  • RF integrated circuits (RFICs)
  • Microwave and millimeter-wave communications
  • Satellite communications
  • 5G and 6G wireless technologies
• Recommend new antenna architectures and technology improvements that enhance product competitiveness.
• Support customer engagements, technical proposals, demonstrations, and business development activities by providing subject matter expertise.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in satellite communications, RF engineering, antenna systems, wireless communications, or related technologies.
• Experience designing, integrating, testing, or evaluating RF antenna systems.

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Ph.D. specializing in phased-array antennas, electromagnetics, RF systems, microwave engineering, or wireless communications.
• Experience developing or deploying electronically steerable antenna (ESA) technologies for commercial, aerospace, defense, or broadband communication systems.

The ideal candidate will possess experience with:

• Design, modeling, simulation, integration, and testing of electronically steerable and phased-array antenna systems.
• Beamforming architectures, adaptive antenna control systems, and calibration techniques.
• Flat-panel antennas, reflector antennas, hybrid antenna architectures, and microwave/mmWave antenna technologies.
• RF subsystems including:
  • Power Amplifiers (PA)
  • Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA)
  • Frequency conversion systems
  • RF front-end architectures
  • Beamforming ICs
  • RF Integrated Circuits (RFICs)
• Satellite communication systems including:
  • User terminals
  • Modems
  • Gateways Network architectures
• Communication system analysis including:
  • Link budgets
  • G/T
  • EIRP
  • Modulation and coding
  • Interference analysis
  • Signal propagation
• Strong understanding of:
  • Electromagnetic theory
  • Antenna design
  • RF propagation
  • Microwave engineering
• Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM), production engineering, supplier qualification, and product cost optimization.
• Integration of antenna systems with networking equipment, embedded controllers, and communication platforms.
• Regulatory requirements governing RF and satellite communication equipment.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong technical writing, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex engineering concepts to technical and executive audiences.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage…