Technical Lead Jobs in Duluth, GA

About us: What you'll do:

Technical & Systems Leadership

• Serve as the technical lead for antenna technology, spanning L-band through Ka-band (and higher bands as applicable).
• Own the allocation, traceability, and optimization of system requirements across LRUs and subsystems to meet performance, reliability, cost, and schedule.
• Provide technical direction across antenna architectures, including phased arrays and other sophisticated solutions, selecting the most efficient system approach aligned to market opportunity.

Design Strategy, Standards & Governance

• Define and institutionalize antenna system electrical design standards, design rules, review checklists, and documentation expectations (schematics, harnessing, grounding, EMC/EMI practices, test requirements, etc.).
• Establish standard processes for requirements flow-down, design verification, and acceptance criteria, ensuring repeatable design quality across programs.
• Lead technical reviews and act as a multi-functional point of contact for blocking issues related to complex build decisions and trade studies.

The day-to-day:

AI Automation & Engineering Efficiency

• Identify and implement automation driven by sophisticated technologies that accelerate electrical engineering workflows. Examples are requirements to develop traceability, schematic linting/QA, auto-generation of test procedures, build reuse, BOM normalization, and change impact analysis.
• Build a roadmap for model-based and data-driven design practices that measurably improve engineering throughput and reduce defects.

EPLAN Integration & Digital Thread

• Drive EPLAN adoption and integration across the electrical build lifecycle of antenna systems (libraries, templates, part data strategy, revision control, manufacturing outputs).
• Enable seamless handoffs between engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain by improving data integrity, configuration control, and documentation consistency.

Integration, Test, and Regulatory Compliance

• Partner with integration/test teams to define RF test strategies, validation methods, and solving approaches for antenna systems.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and standards bodies (e.g., FCC, ETSI, ITU, as applicable), including documentation readiness and test evidence.

External Technology & Supplier Enablement

• Maintain awareness of antenna system innovations and guide technology insertion plans to keep products competitive.
• Be recognized as a technical authority in engagements with external antenna providers and suppliers, influencing design maturity, qualification approach, and make/buy decisions.

Mentorship & Culture

• Mentor and develop engineers—especially early-career talent—through coaching, design reviews, and creation of learning pathways.
• Promote a culture of high ownership, visibility, continuous improvement, and willingness to change.

What you'll need:

• 10+ years of dynamic experience in antenna systems / RF systems / electrical engineering with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Strong command of antenna system engineering principles: EIRP, G/T, sidelobes, linearity, noise figure, gain, VSWR, and system-level tradeoffs.
• Strong understanding of RF and satellite communications theory and how it translates into practical product requirements.
• Demonstrated proficiency in antenna and RF testing, including selecting correct measurement approaches and using relevant test equipment to characterize performance.
• Experience with detailed RF validation of components (amplifiers, switches, filters, interconnects, etc.).
• Working knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., FCC, ETSI, ITU).
• Practical familiarity with RF hardware and integration elements: waveguide, cabling, filters, power dividers, terminations, etc.
• Strong problem-solving ability for isolating and resolving complex system issues across hardware/software/test boundaries.
• Ability to support multiple concurrent developments and sustaining efforts; capable of developing contingency plans to protect schedules.
• Experience creating cost and schedule estimates for proposals and sustaining work.
• Excellent communication, documentation rigor, and organizational skills.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Ability to support up to 20% travel (averaged annually).
• Onsite role in Duluth, GA

What will help you on the job:

• Experience with millimeter-wave bands.
• Depth in phased array antenna design and test.
• Strong mechanical integration proficiency (packaging constraints, thermal/mechanical impacts on RF performance).
• Experience with antenna manufacturing and production processes, and design-for-manufacture practices.
• Experience collaborating with supply chain on supplier selection, technical evaluations, and make vs. buy trade studies.
• Demonstrated experience implementing engineering standards, automation, or toolchain modernization (especially with EPLAN and/or AI automation).

Salary range: $141,500.00 - $224,000.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $176,000.00- $264,000.00/ annually : At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits. EEO statement: