Consultant will be involved with many aspects of the design installation testing and maintenance of satellite ground station antennas in outdoor datacenter and lab settings including Ground System HITL and Spacecraft HITL.
This will involve mechanical electrical RF optical and copper cable and harness/metal design and fabrication equipment logistics.
Sometimes travel will be required to set up remote ground gateway antenna system sites install troubleshoot and maintain.
Design and build ground gateway communication systems and involve in all aspects of development (site survey system design hardware selection hardware integration end-to-end testing site activation maintenance and operations)
Design build and operate hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) of ground gateway antenna systems support equipment racks and interface to flight hardwares and other development environments
Configure operate and maintain ground gateway support equipment antenna stations and sub systems
Lead the hardware selection system integration test troubleshoot of ground gateway communication support equipment rack hardware and software
Create Schematics and BOM of test systems and mission critical sub systems and entire system.
Procure hardware components consumable and parts and perform inventory management including spare parts.
Oversee production testing quality control shipment of logistics of ground system hardware
Interface with multiple disciplines including customers suppliers manufacturers internal/external integration & test engineers RF engineers network engineers technicians and etc.
Strong understanding of RF fundamentals
Strong experience of hands on experience
5 years of industry experience in design and implementation of RF systems and system-level communication architectures
5 years of hardware experience with spacecraft ground stations IT/networks other communication systems
Strong RF System level experience
Experience with Protocase design hardware assemble test
Have strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
Strong Knowledge of the main network protocols and services (e.g. IP TCP UDP DNS SNMP NTP DHCP VPNs)
Experience working with government organizations (USAF NASA FAA FCC NTIA etc.)
Experience with RF Test equipment: VNA VSG Channel Emulator GPS Simulator
Experience developing link budgets and other engineering calculations related to system specification and design
Experience with satcom equipment and RF parts including BUC LNB LNA Coupler SDR ACU RF antenna feed RF Filters and other RF components.
Experience with LEO MEO and/or GEO Satellite ground stations related engineering experience
Experience with high voltage AC power (110V - 480VAC) DC Power (3.3VDC-48VDC) UPS PDU Battery modules ATS Power Generator
Experience developing tools in Python or Matlab in the use of Visio or other CAD software to develop system schematics
Excellent written verbal interpersonal communication and organization skills.
Ability to travel to and work at remote sites supporting test integration commissioning and training as required.
Solid fundamental knowledge of networks electronics math engineering and physics
Creative approach to problem solving engineering and design with exceptional analytical skills
Ability to work independently and in a team in ambiguity settings take initiative and communicate effectively
Experience with Linux and Windows server administration.
Experience with Atlassian Tools such as JIRA Confluence Bitbucket.
Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers vendors management both formal and informal situations.
Physical effort including standing lifting and carrying moderately heavy materials or equipment up to 50 lbs.
Willing to get hands dirty and take extreme ownership to take projects to the finish line per deadlines
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