Senior Communication Systems Engineer at Astranis (United States)
Date Posted: 31 Oct, 2022
Work Location: San Francisco, United States
Salary Offered: Not Specified
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 6+ years
Remote Work: No
Vacancies: 1 available
Astranis is connecting the four billion people in the world who do not currently have access to the internet. We are building the next generation of smaller, lower-cost spacecraft to bring the world online.
As a senior communication systems engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, and modeling of our satellites' communication payloads. You will work closely with many other teams, including but not limited to the antenna, SDR, RF, DSP, and mechanical teams, to design the best possible radio systems. As a senior engineer, you will also be expected to act as a technical and career mentor to the junior engineers on the team.
Role:
- System level ownership of entire payload radio system on a given spacecraft
- Own architectural trade studies, and establish system and unit level requirements analytically or via simulation
- Lead R&D efforts for new radio features / technologies / custom components
- Work closely with many design teams, including RF, Antenna, digital hardware, FPGA, mechanical, thermal
- Communications related signal processing algorithm design and test
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience
- Strong technical communication skills (oral and written)
- Experience leading a technical project/program
- Strong fundamentals in "signals and systems" and digital communications
- Familiar with hardware components and their associated impairments/limitations
- Comfortable working in the lab, testing radio hardware, using signal generator, signal analyzer, network analyzer, oscilloscope, etc.
- Proven ability to triage and debug issues discovered in testing
- Comfortable developing software
- Fast to learn new tools and workflows
- A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and constantly learning
- Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.
Bonus:
- Familiarity with satellite radio systems (ground segment and/or space segment)
- RF system design and budgeting
- Radio characterization test planning, automation and execution
- Comfortable with software, especially Python, git, GNU Radio
- Fixed point implementation of signal processing algorithms
- Familiarity with multi-rate signal processing techniques (polyphase filters, resamplers, etc.)
- Multi-antenna systems
- Direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) modem design
- Familiarity with satellite waveforms and modems (DVB-S2/x, DVB-RCS2)
- Comfortable with link layer design, implementation, test in wireless networks
U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.
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