We are seeking a Senior Satellite Systems Engineer for a direct hire/permanent role in Germantown, MD. This role will work onsite/in the office Monday- Friday during normal business hours (there are no remote options).
In this role, you will work with 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.
Responsibilities:
- Review internal or external requirements for satellite systems; refine or generate appropriate system-level requirements
- Analyze, model, and simulate candidate designs.
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- 6+ years of experience in Digital/Analog circuit design
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- Knowledge of System Integrity & Power Integrity analysis
- Experience working in a communications industry
- Experience qualifying products with high-speed interfaces
This direct hire/permanent role will be located onsite/ in the office in Germantown, MD.
