Principal Hardware Systems Architect – Phased Array User Terminal
Core
Define and lead the end-to-end hardware architecture for next-generation satellite user terminals, focusing on RF antenna arrays, high-speed digital processing, and power systems for TeraWave's space-based communications network.
Role type
Principal Hardware Systems Architect
Builds
High-performance, cost-optimized satellite user terminals for global enterprise-grade connectivity
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite Communications / RF Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Phased array antenna physics, digital beamforming architectures, high-speed digital buses (PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet), RF front-ends, mixed-signal board layout, DFM/DFA constraints, supply chain trade-offs
Preferred skills
RF-transparent radome polymers interaction, hydrophobic coatings, LEO/GEO user terminal development program leadership
Technologies
SoCs, high-speed transceivers, memory, peripherals, ASA/polycarbonates
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end system block diagram and hardware architecture, evaluate and select critical components, act as technical anchor for cross-functional teams, define thermal dissipation and power delivery strategies, drive hardware through product lifecycle to mass manufacturing, establish validation plans for international wireless deployment
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
