Principal RF Electrical Engineer at hawkeye360hawkeye360 · Herndon, VA

Posted: 2026-11-02

Skills: PythonHawkEye 360 is seeking a Principal RF Electrical Engineer and Team Lead on the Space Team. The Space Team's mission is to design, build, and test small commercial satellites that provide revolutionary RF geospatial analytics. You will lead electrical and RF design of our space platforms, with emphasis on digital, analog, and power electronics design as well as RF payloads including Software Defined Radios (SDRs), RF front ends, and antenna systems. You'll oversee PCB design from schematic capture through layout and manufacturing while also defining and executing performance tests to verify mission requirements. You will lead a small team of R F and Electrical Engineers , providing technical guidance and mentorship while remaining hands-on with design and test activities. This role requires strong Electrical and RF Engineering expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally with mechanical, software, payload, and systems engineering teams. Your main responsibilities will be: Design digital, analog, and power electronics for satellite flight hardware while overseeing team execution of schematic capture, PCB layout, RF chain design, and power subsystem development to ensure technical accuracy and on‑schedule delivery. Lead PCB design and layout activities with attention to RF design considerations including controlled impedance, grounding, shielding, power distribution, and signal integrity. Establish engineering best practices, design standards, and review processes to maintain high reliability and consistency across all hardware designs. Facilitate root‑cause analyses and corrective action efforts, aligning engineering teams around data‑driven problem solving for flight hardware anomalies. Manage task planning, delegation, and technical roadmapping to ensure the RF/EE team meets program milestones from concept through flight qualification. Work closely with PCB Contract Manufacturers (CMs) to …truncated… space industry with RF pa…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst