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RF Systems Engineer for Spacecraft and National Security
2 months ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Spacecraft RF Systems Engineer to join our team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As a member of our National Security Engineering Division, you will be responsible for designing and developing advanced spacecraft RF systems for national security missions.
Key Responsibilities- Provide solutions to complex problems in spacecraft RF subsystems such as telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C), RF communications, and/or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payloads.
- Perform various analyses of spacecraft RF performance and capabilities.
- Work in a diverse team of scientists and engineers to develop requirements for models of advanced spacecraft systems.
- Apply cutting-edge research to the analysis of spacecraft performance and capabilities.
- Interface directly with management and external sponsors to communicate technical milestones and solicit input from technical leaders in the space program.
- Communicate results through formal technical reports and presentations.
- Review intelligence reports and derive technical assessments for the intelligence community and external sponsors.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team including engineers, scientists, and technical staff to achieve specific technical goals relevant to national security missions in space systems.
- Perform advanced analyses of spacecraft system performance and capabilities.
- Review complex intelligence reports and derive advanced technical assessments for the intelligence community and external sponsors.
- Mentor junior technical staff to promote professional development. Provide performance feedback to the appropriate managers as input to personnel performance evaluations.
- Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access, which requires U.S. citizenship.
- Bachelor's degree in RF/electrical engineering or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Broad aerospace and/or spacecraft engineering experience with designing, assembling, testing, or operating flight hardware and/or software.
- Experience with spacecraft RF payloads, communications, command and control, and/or link budgets.
- Experience with software tools, methods, and techniques as applied to spaceflight systems such as GRASP, Matlab/Simulink, STK, ADS, CST Microwave Studio, HFSS, or Comsol.
- Experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary project team that may include engineers, scientists, designers, and technicians.
- Demonstrated ability to devise solutions for complex problems that require in-depth analysis of tangible and intangible factors.
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information to colleagues, management or sponsors.
- Ability to travel as necessary to present analyses to sponsors, stakeholders and mission partners.
- Advanced knowledge of concepts related to aerospace and/or RF electrical engineering of spacecraft and experience leading the development of proposals to meet space mission customer requirements.
- Significant practical experience and/or theoretical depth in spacecraft RF subsystems such as telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C), RF communications, and/or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payloads.
- Experience estimating cost and schedule of scientific, technical, spacecraft, or aerospace projects.
- Significant experience and demonstrated track record of success developing and implementing creative solutions to a diverse range of complex multi-disciplinary problems.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple parallel tasks, often requiring the resolution of conflicting work requirements and prioritization of tasks toward predetermined long-range targets.
