Director Of Hardware Engineering

Description

• Direct full product lifecycle execution, from requirements and architecture to detailed design, prototype build, environmental qualification, manufacturing introduction, and spacecraft integration.
• Collaborate closely with system engineering, software/firmware, and operations to ensure coherent hardware-software interaction and robust performance.
• Engage with customers, suppliers, and subcontractors throughout the product development life cycle.
• Drive manufacturability, cost efficiency, and quality through Design for Excellence principles and new product introduction hand-off.
• Work with the Program Management Office to manage schedules, budgets, risk mitigation, and resource plans.
• Lead the definition of hardware system architecture for electronically-steered radar subsystems, including antennas, RF front-ends, power electronics, high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics, and embedded processing hardware.
• Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor cross-disciplinary engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership and innovation.

Requirements

• Familiarity with space-qualified component engineering and radiation-tolerant design trade-offs.
• Exposure to hardware manufacturing scaling and lean development practices.
• Experience in defense contracting environments or ISR/target-tracking radar missions.
• Knowledge of PCB design, EMI/EMC practices, and thermal/mechanical packaging for high-reliability systems
• 4+ years of engineering leadership experience
• Experience collaborating across global supply chains and managing subcontractors.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Own hardware verification and validation and technology readiness level advancement strategy, including signal/power integrity analysis and environmental testing.
• Technical expertise in RF/Microwave, antennas, radar, high-speed digital/mixed-signal, and power electronics
• BS/MS/PhD in Physics, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent)
• Experience qualifying hardware for environmental and radiation conditions and supporting deployments
• Eligible for US DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Experience with electronically-steered or phased-array radar systems.
• Understanding of program planning, budgets, schedules, and risk management

Benefits

• Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
• Transportation benefits
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical, dental & vision

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance