RF Systems Engineer for Communications & Tracking

Overview

Our long-term client relationship with Jacobs has led to a need for an RF Systems Engineer for Communications & Tracking  on the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) contract at Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX).

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a RF Systems Engineer for Communications & Tracking to join the team.

Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance. 

Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System. 

Responsibilities

The RF Systems Engineer for Communications & Tracking will:

• Serve as a RF Systems Engineer for the Communication and Tracking sub-systems of the Gateway and Exploration programs, a critical integration effort of the NASA Program which will return to the Moon.
• Write Radio Frequency communication subsystem level Interface Requirements Documents (IRD), Verification Requirements (VRs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for spacecrafts. Review IRDs, ICDs and component level requirements (Transponders, Transceivers, baseband processors).
• Review Link and network layer protocols implemented on communication systems based on CCSDS recommendations.
• Determine the performance of Radio Frequency communication links and create link budgets using analytical methods, analysis and simulations.
• Actively participate and contribute to Systems Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary & Critical Design Reviews, and Technical Interchange Meetings.
• Perform Radio Frequency interference & compatibility analysis, Power Flux Density analysis, Spectral analysis for Space based communication systems.
• Assist and support NASA RF communication sub system manager with reviews, meetings and be the technical Point of Contact.
• Represent JSC and interface with other NASA centers, federal agencies and commercial partners.
• Perform analysis using software such as Matlab, Simulink and Excel.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school, plus two (2) to five (5) years of direct engineering experience.

OR

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school, plus ten (10) years of direct engineering experience.

OR

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and fifteen (15) years of direct engineering experience.
• Must have completed college level RF Communications coursework.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Strong analytical skills in RF communications.
• Strong knowledge of communication systems such as digital modulation, demodulation, encoding/decoding, spread spectrum signals, signal detection, data formatting and packetizing.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills along with the ability to work in a team environment.
• BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school.
• Experience with NASA processes.
• Knowledge in antennas, RF propagation and network layer protocols.
• Familiar with CCSDS communication standards.
• Knowledge of Pseudo noise (PN) Ranging, forward error correction such as LDPC, radiometric (range and range rate) calculations, Orbital Dynamics.
• Programming languages such as C/C and Python.

Essential Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol as outlined in our Drug Free Workplace policy.
• Work may involve sitting for extended periods.
• May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb.
• Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary.
• Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task.
• Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.)
• Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical.
• Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required.
• Must be able to work in a team atmosphere.
• Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation.
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.
• This position may require some commuting and traveling to other installations as needed.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity; for immediate consideration, apply now!

Barrios Technology is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies. Please remember that regardless of the legalization of marijuana in several states, possession and use continues to be illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This includes the use of some CBD products. A post-offer, pre-employment drug test is a condition of employment.

Barrios Technology is an Equal Employment Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.