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Director of Hardware Engineering – Spaceborne Radar Systems
3 weeks ago
Kapta Space, a VC-funded early-stage startup in Seattle, WA, is breaking new ground in Geospatial Intelligence. Our technology centers around a proven, scalable electronically-steered radar for sophisticated spaceborne applications such as earth observation using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) techniques, as well as enabling advanced defense missions such as target tracking.
As the Director of Hardware Engineering, you will lead the design, development, qualification, and deployment of our scalable, electronically-steered radar for advanced spaceborne ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) missions. You will lead development of mission-critical hardware across RF/antenna systems, high-speed digital, mixed-signal electronics, power electronics, and mechanical/thermal packaging, taking products from concept through flight. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-performance compliant hardware in harsh LEO (Low-earth orbit) environments, ensuring technical excellence, schedule and budget accountability, and seamless integration with spacecraft bus partners.
You shall exhibit deep technical depth and apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. The ideal candidate must have the drive and experience to complete projects independently and on aggressive timelines.
Role:- Lead the definition of hardware system architecture for electronically-steered radar subsystems including electronically steered antennas, RF front-ends, power electronics, high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics, and embedded processing hardware.
- Direct full product lifecycle execution: requirements, architecture, detailed design, prototype build, environmental/radiation/EMI-EMC qualification, manufacturing introduction and spacecraft integration.
- Recruit, hire, manage and mentor cross-disciplinary engineering teams, guiding execution, staffing, team growth, and culture of ownership and innovation.
- Partner closely with system engineering, software/firmware, GNC, payload/instrument, and operations to ensure coherent hardware-software interaction, robust performance, and smooth delivery.
- Own hardware V&V and TRL-advancement strategy: signal/power integrity analysis, reliability modeling, and environmental testing (thermal, vibration, shock, vacuum, EMI/EMC, radiation).
- Proactively collaborate with Program Management Office to manage schedules, budgets, risk mitigation, and resource plans to meet mission performance and reliability targets.
- In conjunction with Program Management Office, drive manufacturability, cost efficiency, and quality through DFX (Design for Excellence) principles and NPI hand-off to production partners.
- Support engagement with customers, suppliers, and subcontractors throughout the product development life cycle.
- BS/MS, or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent discipline.
- Significant experience developing mission-critical hardware for space and/or defense environments.
- Significant experience as a principal-level individual contributor working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams delivering complex spaceborne hardware.
- Significant experience (~5+ years) in leadership/management of engineering teams across hardware disciplines.
- Technical depth in RF/Microwave, Antenna systems, Radar, high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics and power electronics.
- Experience with PCB design, EMI/EMC practices, and mechanical/thermal packaging for high-reliability hardware.
- Proven success qualifying hardware for environmental and radiation conditions and supporting spacecraft/field deployments.
- Demonstrated understanding of program planning, budget control, schedule execution, risk management, and cross-functional resource management.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to present to senior leadership and collaborate with customers and suppliers.
- Must be eligible to obtain and hold a US DoD security clearance (TS with SCI).
- Experience with electronically-steered or phased-array radar systems, including beam-steering, calibration approaches and general space reliability.
- Familiarity with space-qualified component engineering, radiation-tolerant design trade-offs and COTS-to-space conversion strategies.
- Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools for RF/antenna, signal/power integrity, thermal/structural analyses.
- Experience with acceptance and qualification test of space rated hardware and related standards such as SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000, MIL-STD-461.
- Experience in defense contracting environments or ISR/target-tracking radar missions.
- Exposure to hardware manufacturing scaling, DFM for high-volume production, or lean development practices.
- Experience collaborating across global supply chains and managing subcontractors.
Kapta Space is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation, strengthens our team, and broadens our capabilities. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.
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