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Senior Principal LEO SATCOM Systems Engineer

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Greenlight Staffing

2024-09-20 14:48:58

Job location San Diego, California, United States

Job type: all

Job industry: Engineering

Job description

Job Summary: Provide technical leadership and LEO SATCOM engineering management for a project team. Apply LEO SATCOM engineering processes and skills to systematically convert customer needs into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Responsible for systems planning, system and lower level requirements development, system design, analyses and trade studies, hardware/software design oversight, system integration, system level test, and subcontractor technical management/oversight. Prove input and support for project risk management activities. This position typically works under general supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Knowledge of RF parameter applicable to LEO SATCOM (patterns, squint, G/T, Gain, link margin, etc.)
Knowledge of LEO constellations, acquisition, and tracking
Has a deep, recent experience with one or more: OneWeb, Amazon Kuiper, PWSA, Starlink, and/or Telesat
Working knowledge of SATCOM modems applicable to acquisition and tracking
SE with strong Software and Controls background
Determine Antenna Control Unit (ACU) controls requirements for LEO
Work with selected LEO SATCOM Network Providers to ensure compliance
Translation from Modem to Antenna
Beam steering control
COTM algorithms for maintaining beam pointing and link
Develop, implement and test ACU controls as per requirements
Ideal candidate understands: make-before-break, doppler, multipath, Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), beacons
Ensure compliance to Modem Interface standards
Perform technical risk management activities
Support SATCOM engineering activities for proposal efforts
Monitor, mentor, and train less experienced SATCOM engineers
Minimum Job Requirements:
Four-year college degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline, plus 10 years SATCOM, 15 years Software/Controls, 20 years of Industry Experience/Leadership Experience in creating, analyzing, documenting and testing system and subsystem designs. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs and requirement management database tool. Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks. Must be able to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints. Must be a United States Citizen.

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