Lead, AI Hardware Design Skunkworks
Core
Lead a 5-person skunkworks team to build real AI-enabled hardware for radar satellites, focusing on rapid prototyping and moving capabilities into production.
Role type
Senior IC hardware design lead (AI hardware)
Builds
AI-enabled radar satellite hardware components (RF chains, power distribution, digital backends)
Domain
Aerospace / Defense / AI Hardware
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Hardware design (circuit boards, RF, mechanical), Python programming, AI tooling, team hiring, budget management, rapid prototyping
Preferred skills
Space/defense domain experience, code-defined EDA/CAD, simulation in loop (SPICE/FEA/EM), small team leadership
Technologies
Python, modern AI tooling, EDA/CAD tools
Responsibilities
Hire and lead a 4-5 person hardware team, design and build representative hardware systems, manage a portfolio of 6-10 experimental bets, control budget and spend authority, transfer capabilities to production teams, run weekly build sessions and monthly demo days
