Entry Level Spacecraft Rf Payload Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · El Segundo, CA

Entry Level Spacecraft RF Payload Engineer responsible for designing and developing space-based RF payloads, including communication systems for satellites and ground stations. The role involves performing mission trade studies, defining system requirements, developing technologies, and creating manufacturing and verification documents. Experience with link budgets, antenna design, and software-defined radios is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performs space vehicle mission trade studies related to communications links
  2. Identify & define communications system requirements
  3. Identify appropriate communications technologies to meet requirements
  4. Develop Millennium's own communications technologies from concept to flight readiness
  5. Create communications subsystem manufacturing, integration and verification documents

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering
  • Experience or understanding of the principles behind calculating link budgets including atmospheric & environmental effects
  • Experience or understanding of the principles behind performing antenna design & analysis including sizing, patterns, gains, and usage
  • Strong bias for getting things done with collaboration but minimal regimentation in a new emerging aerospace environment
  • US Citizenship

Nice to have

  • Experience designing, implementing and testing algorithms for software defined radios
  • Experience or understanding of the principles behind determining antenna pointing allocations, support antenna gimbal design, and power amplifier selection
  • Experience with legacy and emerging satellite communications modulation and coding
  • Experience designing, implementing and testing antennas
  • Experience designing, implementing and testing radios from piece parts level
  • Experience with optical communications links
  • Experience with the CCSDS standards
  • Master's Degree or higher
  • Current SSBI or TS/SCI clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship
  • Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance
  • U.S. export control compliance requirements
  • A “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required