Senior Optical Communications Systems Engineer

4 days ago


Lanham, Maryland, United States Science Systems and Applications Full time
Job Title: Senior Optical Communications Systems Engineer

Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI) is seeking a highly skilled Senior Optical Communications Systems Engineer to support a fully-funded NASA project for telecommunications engineering support to a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) project.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring proper definition, configuration management, implementation and upgrades, and tracking, of Optical Communication systems and components.

Candidate will also be responsible for ensuring necessary activities are being implemented to verify that system integrity is being maintained.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Function as an Optical Communications engineer supporting NASA technical leadership at GSFC.
  • Provide advice and support during the entire system life cycle from the specification and analysis of requirements, through the design of the hardware and software, procurement, fabrication, assembly, to integration and test, and launch and operations.
  • Identify and contribute to resolution of technical problems during all phases through coaching and mentoring of the development and maintenance teams.
  • Develop technical reports and documentation.
  • Support technical meetings and reviews.
Requirements:

MS in Electrical Engineering, Satellite Communications (RF/Optical), Computer Science, Mathematics, or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited institution, and 6 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience (6+ years) fulfilling the role of Optical Communications Systems engineer.

Experience (6+ years) with transition to operation processes, and periodic assessments and maintenance of ground systems for complex systems.

Possess working knowledge of mission operations, developing studies, and recommending operational improvements.

Extensive experience with ground systems and the systems integration of hardware and software used to evaluate and meet mission requirements.

Knowledge of Command and Control Systems in support of real-time operations (command and data connections configuration).

US Citizenship required. Must be able to pass a Government background investigation.



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