Senior Satellite Systems Engineer
Full Time
Gaithersburg, MD
Posted
Job description
Overview:
If you have additional questions not answered by the information contained within this posting, please contact our team directly at StaffingPros@vets-inc.com. Responsibilities:
Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., is recruiting for a full-time Senior Satellite Systems Engineer in Gaithersburg MD.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required.
If you have additional questions not answered by the information contained within this posting, please contact our team directly at StaffingPros@vets-inc.com.
The successful candidate will enjoy a rich and fulfilling career with a variety of responsibilities ranging across the entire life cycle, including: initial conceptual system design; analysis, simulation, and specification; implementation; integration and test; performance monitoring; and end-of-life transition to the next system. We are looking for someone with broad experience to work on our next generation LEO/MEO/GEO satellite communication systems, and a willingness to do even more.
Review internal or external requirements for satellite systems; refine or generate appropriate system-level requirements- Analyze, model, and simulate candidate designs: What is the capacity of a system? Resistance to interference, noise, and other degradations?
- Develop system level algorithms such as for power control, timing and frequency synchronization
- Write and review specifications, design documents, reports and presentations
- Analyze system requirements and develop system architectures for RF and baseband subsystems
- Develop subsystem requirements, specifications and technical evaluations
- Conduct link budgets analyses, block and signal level analyses, and, trade off studies
- Analyze RF performance and conduct simulations and measurements to determine signal integrity, cross-talk, coupling, noise, insertion loss, return loss
- Develop algorithms for calibration of antenna subsystems in fixed and mobile user terminal installations
- Develop constellation modeling and analyses for LEO/MEO/GEO satellite systems and conduct analyses against regulatory masks
- Document detailed designs and present them internally and to external customers
- MSEE in electrical engineering with emphasis on signal analyses and RF/microwave engineering
- 8+ years expertise in communications systems theory and analysis including link budgets, signal propagation, phase noise, EVM, non-linear effects, etc.
- 5+ years of experience with microwave circuit design in industry
- Strong analytical skills and modeling skills for RF performance in LEO/MEO/GEO systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D in electrical engineering with emphasis on signal analyses and RF/microwave engineeringKnowledge of satellite system architectures (GEO, LEO, MEO and others)
- Ability to develop a variety of simulation models of satellite communications systems, including determining system capacity, error rate performance, queuing, traffic management, etc.
- Ability to create and use detailed link budgets
- Excellent communications skills: ability to write technical specifications and reports clearly and concisely; ability to present ideas and results effectively
- Skill in using a variety of simulation and modeling tools and programming languages
- Familiarity with ITU-R and FCC regulations as they apply to satellites and ground equipment
- Familiarity with DVB-S2X and other wireless standards in the terrestrial and satellite realm
- Awareness of GRASP and antenna performance parameters
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