Senior Antenna Design Engineer - Satellite User Terminals

About the role

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place! E-Space is bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. We are building a highly-advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) space system that will fundamentally change the design, economics, manufacturing and service delivery associated with traditional satellite and terrestrial IoT systems. We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed to innovate space-based communications and deliver actionable intelligence that will expand global economies, protect space and our planet and enhance our overall quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Own user-terminal antenna designs from requirements and concept development through simulation, prototyping, validation, and production release.
• Develop compact, low-profile, embedded, multiband, dual-band, or wideband antennas for satellite communication terminals.
• Translate link-budget and system requirements into antenna specifications, including frequency coverage, realized gain, efficiency, polarization, axial ratio, radiation pattern, return loss, bandwidth, and coverage.
• Perform antenna trade studies involving size, bandwidth, efficiency, gain, polarization, ground-plane dependence, terminal orientation, and installation constraints.
• Design antenna radiators, feeds, matching networks, baluns, hybrids, polarization networks, and other passive RF structures.
• Develop circularly polarized or linearly polarized antenna solutions based on system requirements.
• Conduct full-wave electromagnetic simulations using Ansys HFSS, CST Studio Suite, Altair FEKO, or equivalent tools.
• Integrate antennas with the terminal enclosure, PCB, ground structure, radome, cables, batteries, displays, processors, and other nearby electronics.
• Evaluate detuning, blockage, user interaction, cable coupling, enclosure effects, manufacturing tolerances, and material-property variation.
• Plan and perform antenna measurements using VNAs, anechoic chambers, near-field or far-field ranges, and over-the-air test systems.
• Correlate simulation with measured performance and resolve discrepancies through structured, data-driven troubleshooting.
• Support antenna tuning, design-for-manufacturing reviews, tolerance analysis, supplier interaction, and production validation.
• Develop environmental verification plans addressing temperature, humidity, vibration, shock, outdoor exposure, and other applicable user-terminal conditions.
• Document requirements, analyses, design decisions, test procedures, results, and technical risks.
• Collaborate with RF front-end, modem, baseband, firmware, mechanical, thermal, test, manufacturing, regulatory, and systems teams.
• Mentor engineers and help establish repeatable antenna design and verification