Payload Systems Radio Frequency Engineer

23 hours ago


Chantilly, Virginia, United States SAIC Full time

Job Summary

SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Spacecraft Payload Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer to provide subject matter expertise to support customer decisions related to the development of spacecraft RF collection payloads and mission capabilities. The selected individual will possess strong knowledge and experience working with Digital Receiver Processors, ASICs, FPGAs, analog-to-digital converters, and processing algorithms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide government customer insight and inputs on contractors' development of RF antenna and receiver payload.
  • Support payload development and use, including analysis of alternatives, requirements generation, evaluation, and compliance assessments, concept design evaluation, and critical technology element identification and assessments.
  • Assess proposed design updates and identify performance and spacecraft impacts due to the updates.
  • Perform performance assessments of risk reduction plans associated with improving the maturity of the payload design and hardware.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Astronautics and 9+ years of experience. Candidates with equivalent educational background and demonstrated experience will be considered.

Additionally, the candidate should have 7+ years' engineering experience with satellite RF systems, a proven ability to effectively work with a large team of government, FFRDC, and SETA contractors, as well as major developmental contractors.

A TS/SCI with poly security clearance is required.



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