VP of Engineering, Ground Hardware

The role

You will lead the physical ground segment including antenna systems, RF, build, deployment, and the engineering team. You will drive the transition from deploying antenna systems one at a time to deploying them as a repeatable, manufacturable product.

What you will do

• Manage deployment throughput from build through site integration, installation, and commissioning.
• Own manufacturability and production readiness including DFM/DFA and test strategy.
• Act as a senior technical voice in design reviews and architecture.
• Direct RF work and make integration trade-offs across RF, mechanical, and software.
• Manage supply chain and manufacturing strategy including vendor selection and make/buy decisions.
• Grow the hardware and deployment team by hiring across mechanical, RF, and field engineering.
• Set the technical roadmap from antenna deployments to full ground station buildouts.

Required qualifications

• Mechanical or systems engineer background.
• Experience shipping ambitious electromechanical hardware such as pointing and tracking systems, gimbals, positioners, outdoor robotics, or satcom hardware.
• Experience taking hardware from working prototype to repeatable production and field deployment.
• Experience building and leading hardware organizations.
• Experience deploying hardware into uncontrolled environments.
• Ability to direct RF work and hire RF talent.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice to have

• Direct antenna or ground station experience

Benefits

• Equity grant
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA's
• 401K program

Before you apply

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to c

About the company

AnySignal is a startup whose mission is to usher in the next generation of RF products and services. The team has backgrounds spanning cloud computing, artificial intelligence, communications and sensing, embedded systems, and more.