Product Systems Engineer
Lead the full lifecycle development of phased array antenna systems for satellite ground stations, from architecture and requirements through design, integration, testing, production, and deployment. Requires 7+ years experience owning complex multidisciplinary hardware products with deep expertise in at least one of mechanical, electrical, RF, or embedded engineering.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the technical development and execution of a Northwood antenna system or major subsystem from concept through production and deployment.
- Translate product, customer, and mission needs into system requirements, architectures, interfaces, performance budgets, and verification plans.
- Coordinate development across mechanical, electrical, RF, antenna, embedded software, thermal, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and field operations.
- Build and manage development schedules, technical milestones, critical-path dependencies, and risk-mitigation plans.
- Lead system-level trade studies across antenna performance, structural design, power, thermal behavior, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and deployment speed.
- Drive prototype builds, system integration, test campaigns, root-cause investigations, and production-readiness reviews.
- Contribute directly to design, analysis, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting within your primary engineering discipline.
- Provide clear updates to engineering leadership on progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, RF Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 7+ years of experience developing complex hardware, antenna systems, RF products, aerospace systems, or similarly multidisciplinary technology.
- Deep individual-contributor expertise in at least one relevant engineering discipline, such as mechanical design, electrical hardware, RF hardware, antenna engineering, embedded systems, or systems integration.
- Demonstrated experience owning a complex hardware product or subsystem through design, prototyping, integration, testing, and delivery.
- Strong systems-thinking ability and experience managing technical interfaces and tradeoffs across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Experience turning ambiguous product objectives into requirements, development plans, schedules, and test strategies.
- Hands-on experience building, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting physical hardware systems.
- Strong organization, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing phased-array antennas, ground station antennas, satellite communications systems, radar systems, or other complex RF hardware.
- Experience with antenna structures, RF enclosures, electronics packaging, thermal management, environmental sealing, cable routing, or electromechanical integration.
- Familiarity with antenna elements, amplifiers, filters, frequency converters, beamforming electronics, calibration systems, and RF distribution networks.
- Experience taking a hardware product from early architecture through qualification, production, installation, and field operation.
- Experience with environmental testing, design for manufacturing, supplier management, and production-readiness processes.
- Track record of resolving complex integration issues across mechanical, electrical, RF, embedded, and software boundaries.
Skills
Systems Engineering, Rf Hardware, Antenna Engineering, Mechanical Design, Embedded Systems, Phased Array Antennas, Thermal Management, Environmental Testing, Design For Manufacturing, Satellite Communications
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