Radar Operations Engineer

LeoLabs is a space infrastructure company specializing in tracking and cataloging objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) using advanced radar technology and data analytics. Founded in 2016, the company provides critical space situational awareness services to satellite operators, governments, and commercial entities to help mitigate the risks of collisions and debris in space. LeoLabs operates a global network of ground-based phased-array radars that deliver real-time, high-precision tracking data, enabling safer and more sustainable use of space. Their mission is to ensure the long-term viability of space activities by providing actionable insights and improving space traffic management.

Join LeoLabs as a Radar Operations Engineer to monitor and support space radar networks, ensuring safety and operational excellence in space activities.

United States

Job Description:<ul></ul>Requirements:<ul><li> B.S. or M.S. in a STEM field (or equivalent hands-on experience)</li><li> Experience in an operational environment such as a Network Operations Center (NOC), mission control, or similar</li><li> Background in incident management, with the ability to triage and escalate anomalous activity</li><li> Experience documenting and logging daily and off-nominal events</li><li> Ability to perform metric analysis and correlate data to system behavior</li><li> Experience creating or maintaining operations processes and procedures</li><li> Ability to read/understand Python scripts and work confidently in a command-line interface</li><li> General understanding of RF principles and modulation</li><li> Willingness to work a flexible and variable schedule (24/7 operations)</li></ul>Benefits:<ul><li> Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities</li><li> Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact</li><li> Unlimited paid time off for most roles</li><li> Competitive salary and equity packages</li><li> Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage</li><li> Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation</li></ul>

LeoLabs

Radar Operations Engineer Join LeoLabs as a Radar Operations Engineer to monitor and support space radar networks, ensuring safety and operational excellence in space activities.  Radar Operations Engineer Engineer LeoLabs Aerospace Space Technology Satellite Tracking Data Analytics Python RF principles modulation Linux AWS cloud computing networking IT infrastructure agile methodologies

As a Radar Operations Engineer at LeoLabs, you will oversee the global radar network, respond to anomalies, and contribute to space safety initiatives. This role involves real-time monitoring, collaboration, and process development in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

LeoLabs is building a living map of activity in space using proprietary radar networks and AI analytics, protecting assets and ensuring safe operations in low Earth orbit. The Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer will contribute to a high-impact team, designing and delivering customer-facing analytics, APIs, system integrations, and scalable backend services. Responsibilities include influencing architecture, guiding engineering standards, and building reliable, secure solutions. The role involves leading backend development, collaborating across teams, and mentoring engineers. Qualifications include extensive experience in cloud-based systems, proficiency in Python, experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP, and strong understanding of architecture patterns and databases. Preferred qualifications include Kubernetes expertise, full-stack capabilities, and a background in physics or AI/ML. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex missions with a global remote/hybrid workforce, competitive salary and equity, and comprehensive health benefits.

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to develop real-time satellite management software and APIs.

LeoLabs is building a living map of activity in space using proprietary radar networks and AI analytics, protecting assets and ensuring safe operations in low Earth orbit. The Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer will contribute to a high-impact team, designing and delivering customer-facing analytics, APIs, system integrations, and scalable backend services. Responsibilities include influencing architecture, guiding engineering standards, and building reliable, secure solutions. The role involves leading backend development, collaborating across teams, and mentoring engineers. Qualifications include extensive experience in cloud-based systems, proficiency in Python, experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP, and strong understanding of architecture patterns and databases. Preferred qualifications include Kubernetes expertise, full-stack capabilities, and a background in physics or AI/ML. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex missions with a global remote/hybrid workforce, competitive salary and equity, and comprehensive health benefits.Requirements:<ul><li> B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience</li><li> 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience in cloud-based systems</li><li> Proven expertise designing, building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services</li><li> Deep proficiency in Python with production experience in at least one additional language (Go, C++, or similar)</li><li> Strong understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design</li><li> Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments</li><li> Expertise with relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, or similar)</li><li> Strong grasp of testing strategies, observability, CI/CD practices, and reliability engineering</li><li> Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical decisions</li><li> Comfortable participating in and guiding on-call rotations for critical systems</li><li> Eligibility for US security clearance</li></ul>Benefits:<ul><li> Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities</li><li> Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact</li><li> Unlimited paid time off for most roles</li><li> Competitive salary and equity packages</li><li> Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage</li><li> Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation</li></ul>

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to develop real-time satellite management software and APIs. LeoLabs is building a living map of activity in space using proprietary radar networks and AI analytics, protecting assets and ensuring safe operations in low Earth orbit. The Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer will contribute to a high-impact team, designing and delivering customer-facing analytics, APIs, system integrations, and scalable backend services. Responsibilities include influencing architecture, guiding engineering standards, and building reliable, secure solutions. The role involves leading backend development, collaborating across teams, and mentoring engineers. Qualifications include extensive experience in cloud-based systems, proficiency in Python, experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP, and strong understanding of architecture patterns and databases. Preferred qualifications include Kubernetes expertise, full-stack capabilities, and a background in physics or AI/ML. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex missions with a global remote/hybrid workforce, competitive salary and equity, and comprehensive health benefits. Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Engineer LeoLabs Aerospace Space Technology Satellite Tracking Data Analytics Python Go C++ AWS GCP Azure Kubernetes Postgres MySQL Kafka SQS

Join LeoLabs as a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to build scalable backend services and customer-facing analytics for space domain awareness. Lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and contribute to mission-critical aerospace technology.

Senior Electrical Engineer

At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 241,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for missions worldwide. We’re redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space, serving top space operators and defense organizations. If you’re passionate about aerospace, national security, and AI, this is your opportunity.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join us full-time onsite at our Menlo Park, CA headquarters. You will work with RF, Mechanical, and Embedded engineers to lead electrical design for next-generation radar systems. You will own PCB layout, schematic design, electrical integration, and serve as our eCAD domain expert, driving standards and best practices. You’ll work hands-on in our lab, collaborating across disciplines, from concept to deployment, supporting hardware that operates reliably in demanding environments.

Responsibilities include leading PCB layout and schematic design for radar subsystems, driving best practices for high-speed and high-current design, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, supporting prototype bring-up and troubleshooting, collaborating with manufacturing, contributing to electrical architecture and system design reviews, and participating in international travel for deployment.

Qualifications include a BSEE (or equivalent) with 7+ years of PCB design experience for complex mixed-signal systems, proficiency in Altium Designer, experience from schematic to fabrication, understanding of PCB manufacturing, power distribution, grounding, EMI/EMC, and high-speed design principles. Preferred qualifications include an MSEE or higher, experience with multi-board radar or aerospace electronics, SI/PI simulation, controlled-impedance routing, FPGA or embedded processor knowledge, and manufacturing experience.

Within 1 month, you will complete onboarding, learn about radar designs, and familiarize with design standards. Within 3 months, you will lead layout updates, improve workflows, and collaborate on integration. Within 6 months, you will own Altium library governance, release PCB designs, and improve review processes. Within 12 months, you will lead electrical design across subsystems, transition designs into production, and mentor junior engineers.

Perks include flexible remote/hybrid work, impactful missions, unlimited PTO, competitive salary and equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision coverage, and access to space operations innovation.

Join LeoLabs as a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design for advanced radar systems in space domain awareness.

At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 241,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for missions worldwide. We’re redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space, serving top space operators and defense organizations. If you’re passionate about aerospace, national security, and AI, this is your opportunity.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join us full-time onsite at our Menlo Park, CA headquarters. You will work with RF, Mechanical, and Embedded engineers to lead electrical design for next-generation radar systems. You will own PCB layout, schematic design, electrical integration, and serve as our eCAD domain expert, driving standards and best practices. You’ll work hands-on in our lab, collaborating across disciplines, from concept to deployment, supporting hardware that operates reliably in demanding environments.

Responsibilities include leading PCB layout and schematic design for radar subsystems, driving best practices for high-speed and high-current design, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, supporting prototype bring-up and troubleshooting, collaborating with manufacturing, contributing to electrical architecture and system design reviews, and participating in international travel for deployment.

Qualifications include a BSEE (or equivalent) with 7+ years of PCB design experience for complex mixed-signal systems, proficiency in Altium Designer, experience from schematic to fabrication, understanding of PCB manufacturing, power distribution, grounding, EMI/EMC, and high-speed design principles. Preferred qualifications include an MSEE or higher, experience with multi-board radar or aerospace electronics, SI/PI simulation, controlled-impedance routing, FPGA or embedded processor knowledge, and manufacturing experience.

Within 1 month, you will complete onboarding, learn about radar designs, and familiarize with design standards. Within 3 months, you will lead layout updates, improve workflows, and collaborate on integration. Within 6 months, you will own Altium library governance, release PCB designs, and improve review processes. Within 12 months, you will lead electrical design across subsystems, transition designs into production, and mentor junior engineers.

Perks include flexible remote/hybrid work, impactful missions, unlimited PTO, competitive salary and equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision coverage, and access to space operations innovation.Requirements:<ul><li> BSEE (or equivalent) with 7+ years of experience in PCB design for complex mixed-signal systems</li><li> Expert proficiency in Altium Designer, including library/database management</li><li> Proven ability to take designs from schematic to layout, fabrication, and bring-up</li><li> Strong understanding of PCB manufacturing processes, materials, tolerances, and constraints</li><li> Experience with power distribution, grounding, EMI/EMC, and high-speed design principles</li><li> Excellent documentation practices and design traceability</li></ul>Benefits:<ul><li> Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities</li><li> Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact</li><li> Unlimited paid time off for most roles</li><li> Competitive salary and equity packages</li><li> Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage</li><li> Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation</li></ul>

Senior Electrical Engineer Join LeoLabs as a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design for advanced radar systems in space domain awareness. At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 241,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for missions worldwide. We’re redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space, serving top space operators and defense organizations. If you’re passionate about aerospace, national security, and AI, this is your opportunity.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join us full-time onsite at our Menlo Park, CA headquarters. You will work with RF, Mechanical, and Embedded engineers to lead electrical design for next-generation radar systems. You will own PCB layout, schematic design, electrical integration, and serve as our eCAD domain expert, driving standards and best practices. You’ll work hands-on in our lab, collaborating across disciplines, from concept to deployment, supporting hardware that operates reliably in demanding environments.

Responsibilities include leading PCB layout and schematic design for radar subsystems, driving best practices for high-speed and high-current design, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, supporting prototype bring-up and troubleshooting, collaborating with manufacturing, contributing to electrical architecture and system design reviews, and participating in international travel for deployment.

Qualifications include a BSEE (or equivalent) with 7+ years of PCB design experience for complex mixed-signal systems, proficiency in Altium Designer, experience from schematic to fabrication, understanding of PCB manufacturing, power distribution, grounding, EMI/EMC, and high-speed design principles. Preferred qualifications include an MSEE or higher, experience with multi-board radar or aerospace electronics, SI/PI simulation, controlled-impedance routing, FPGA or embedded processor knowledge, and manufacturing experience.

Within 1 month, you will complete onboarding, learn about radar designs, and familiarize with design standards. Within 3 months, you will lead layout updates, improve workflows, and collaborate on integration. Within 6 months, you will own Altium library governance, release PCB designs, and improve review processes. Within 12 months, you will lead electrical design across subsystems, transition designs into production, and mentor junior engineers.

Perks include flexible remote/hybrid work, impactful missions, unlimited PTO, competitive salary and equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision coverage, and access to space operations innovation. Senior Electrical Engineer Electrical Engineer LeoLabs Aerospace Space Technology Satellite Tracking Data Analytics Menlo Park California

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to work onsite in Menlo Park, CA, focusing on PCB design, system integration, and hardware development for space radar technology. The role involves collaboration across engineering disciplines, hands-on hardware work, and contributing to mission-critical aerospace projects.

Artificial Intelligence

LeoLabs is seeking a hands-on AI/ML Manager to lead the development and deployment of machine learning solutions in space domain awareness.

AI/ML Manager

Job Description:<ul></ul>Benefits:<ul><li> Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities</li><li> Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact</li><li> Unlimited paid time off for most roles</li><li> Competitive salary and equity packages</li><li> Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage</li><li> Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation</li></ul>

AI/ML Manager LeoLabs is seeking a hands-on AI/ML Manager to lead the development and deployment of machine learning solutions in space domain awareness.  Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence LeoLabs Aerospace Space Technology Satellite Tracking Data Analytics Python PyTorch TensorFlow Databricks ML frameworks cloud deployment (AWS GovCloud, Azure Gov) containerization San Francisco/Bay Area

The AI/ML Manager will design, develop, and oversee AI/ML models and systems, leading a team to enhance space safety and security products. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, model lifecycle management, and innovation in AI techniques.

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