RF Communications Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create communication systems for satellite applications in lunar orbit, deep-space, and other mission contexts.

• Establish communication subsystem requirements and distribute these requirements across spacecraft, payload, and ground system interfaces.

• Design RF communication subsystem architectures, interfaces, and testing procedures.

• Formulate and evaluate communication link budgets to confirm mission performance criteria.

• Define and implement communication waveforms, modulation techniques, coding/FEC strategies, and synchronization processes.

• Execute RF system modeling, simulation, integration, testing, and troubleshooting activities.

• Perform analyses of communication performance, including Eb/No, carrier-to-noise ratio, throughput, coverage, access, and link margin evaluations.

• Ensure that communication subsystem designs adhere to relevant constraints, standards, and requirements.

• Collaborate with engineers from systems, software, avionics, GNC, payload, and ground systems for communication system integration.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in communications or related fields.

• Proven experience in developing communication subsystem requirements and interface specifications.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

• Capability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check and drug screening.

• Experience with lunar, deep-space, or satellite communication systems.

• Familiarity with Software Defined Radios (SDRs), optical, and/or RF communication systems.

• Proficiency with communication analysis tools like MATLAB, Simulink, STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or the equivalent.

• Experience using test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.

• Knowledge of government standards, CCSDS protocols, and spectrum management activities.

• Experience supporting the integration, verification, environmental testing, and operational phases of communication subsystems.

🏝️ Benefits

• W2 position with comprehensive benefits.

• Remote work opportunity.

• Ongoing employment duration.

• Background check and drug screening process required.