SATELLITE ENGINEER

Sr SATCOM Engineer
This role designs and implements SATCOM solutions for DoD customer requirements.

Germantown, MD - onsite
Direct HIRE
Required: Green Card or US Citizen- based on gov requirement

Responsibilities:
Performs customer requirements analysis and maintains product roadmap
Leads partner SATCOM equipment evaluation, integration and procurement activities
Coordinates all product line enhancements and partner component configurations and integration activities
Manages Product Quality and Configuration Management activities
Coordinates systems acceptance testing
Designs customer solutions for specific customer and product requirements
Specifies equipment, generates, and issues purchase requisitions for equipment and services
Manages engineering activities to include transmission planning, link budget analysis, network design, budgetary pricing, network enhancements, and technical briefings
Supports RFP responses including requirements, compliance and gap analysis
Supports Business Development activities as needed, providing support to the program team.

Basic Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in a Technical Field or combination of education and experience; relevant experience includes military experience on similar complex SATCOM equipment.
Must be capable of obtaining and holding a U.S. government security clearance
Has experience working with US Government customers.
Travel approx. 10%
At least three years’ experience in network design
At least three years’ experience in the following:
IP network design, addressing, and routing
M&C systems and SNMP architecture and Network Management Systems
Communications systems design and implementation
RF systems/SATCOM system design/implementation, modulation schemes/encoding skills
Understands spectrum management and planning

Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with satellite modems and gateway configuration and operations
Familiarity with electronic test equipment to include Spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators and other common use test equipment
Familiarity with a wide range of satellite communications systems to include COTP and COTM in different environments such as land, land mobile, maritime or aviation environments.