IRIS2 User Terminal RF & Systems Engineer
Eutelsat Group
Senior RF Engineer
Planet
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $162,600 - $203,200 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
CloudLinuxPython
About the role
- Develop next-generation onboard and ground radios and antenna systems for small satellites
- Architecture, design and test of next-generation S-band through Ka-band radios and a variety of antennas
- RF/MW hardware transceiver and circuit design up to 30GHz, simulation (Spice, ADS), instrumentation, test and characterization
- RF/MW/Optical communication system design, link budgets, and interference analysis
- Conduct environmental and EMC/EMI testing and mitigation and get communication subsystems ready for flight
- Perform antenna design, simulation and testing (ADS, HFSS)
- PCB layout projects and component selection, and interface with cross-functional teams (electrical, software, mechanical)
- Work with vendors on design projects and hardware maturation
- Validation and Verification of radios and antennas pre-shipment and validation of radio performance on orbit after satellite launch
- Use and develop Software Defined Radio (SDR) platforms and signal processing libraries (e.g. GNURadio)
- Collaborate closely with systems engineering, missions, and manufacturing teams to ensure mission success
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- 6+ years of engineering excellence designing and maturing RF & MW systems, transceivers, antennas and/or SDRs to market
- Proficiency in RF/MW, electromagnetics and signal processing
- Experience successfully owning, designing and criticizing RF/MW circuit design, RF/MW layout, component selection and evaluation
- Extensive lab experience with RF/MW and mixed-signal devices and board bring up: characterization and test
- Ability to adapt and learn a multitude of skills to develop/contribute to the design of complex systems, such as: active RF circuits, integrated transceivers, PLL synthesizers, mixers, switches, RF amplifiers, oscillators, detectors, filters, A/D and D/A converters, microprocessors and FPGAs for space and ground station applications
- Excellent documentation, presentation and communication skills
- EAR/ITAR requirement: ability to access export-controlled information without additional export licensing
- (Nice-to-have) Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering
- (Nice-to-have) Experience with Altium or similar EDA tools, high-density mixed-signal PCB design, high speed clock trees
- (Nice-to-have) Experience with Space and/or Airborne sensing and monitoring systems
- (Nice-to-have) Knowledge of digital communications theory and associated signal processing algorithms for both narrowband and wideband data transmission systems
- (Nice-to-have) Experience in Linux, Python, and data analysis tools
- (Nice-to-have) Ability to work in an agile, dynamic environment and provide solutions to unblock dynamic situations
- (Nice-to-have) Understanding of cross-team dependencies including electrical, software, mechanical, thermal, structural, manufacturing and Space environmental
