Satellite Systems Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Satellite Systems Engineer

EMPLOYMENT TYPE/DURATION: Direct Hire/ FTE

COMPENSATION: $170k-$220k/Annualized Base Salary

LOCATION DETAILS: Rockville, MD

Responsibilities

As a Principal Systems Engineer (with 7 years of experience), you will be responsible for User Terminal (UT) requirement, Ku and Ka phased array chipsets, Ku and Ka antenna architectures, fast antenna calibration methodology, hardware, firmware/software architecture trade-offs, implementation, defining test and validation test plans of various UT configurations. You will be working in a collaborative environment with a multi-disciplinary team and customers supporting development and productization of various UT products.

Main Responsibilities and Tasks

• Define UT systems architectures/sub-systems formal requirements and specifications flow-down using industry standard requirement entry and tracking methodologies
• Analysis and design tradeoffs of various UT architectures including RF and performance simulation to support tradeoff decisions
• Analysis and design tradeoffs of Ku and Ka band phased array chipsets and array antennas
• Support the requirement definition of Ku and Ka band phased array chipsets
• Analysis and design tradeoffs of Ku and Ka band phased array chipsets and array antennas
• Define Ku and Ka band phased array cost efficient, fast production calibration methodology/techniques
• Develop requirements from top-level to sub-assembly, coordinate creation of coverage and test plans release management plans
• Proactive engagement with internal and external customer development on Systems’ hardware and software architectures and implementation
• Document requirements and flow down requirements to various engineering functional team
• Assist in focusing internal and external engineering efforts across the organization
• Ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, regulatory and business requirements
• Support in-field test and validation of various UT systems
• Expect up to 20% of travel depending on the phases of the projects.

Required Qualification

• BS or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7 years in SW/HW development environment with at least 5 recent years in architectural/system role
• 7 years’ experience with RF, digital communication and communication theory
• 7 years’ experience in development for complex telecommunication and/or satellite communication systems
• 7 years’ experience with formal requirement tools and methodologies (Jama, Jira, Doors etc.)
• 3 years programming skill on Matlab/Python and C/C
• 3 years’ experience in computer network and TCP/IP

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Master/PhD degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Familiar with satellite communication theory
• Familiar with phased array designs and implementations
• Satellite over-the-air Communication field-trial experience
• Debugging skills for systems integration from RF front-end to baseband

If you have questions about the position, please contact Dana More at dana.more@akkodisgroup.com

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