Senior SAR Systems Engineer - Space Mission Architect

Hikinex

Vancouver

On-site

CAD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Hikinex in Vancouver is seeking a senior space systems engineer to contribute end-to-end to SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission. You will help define mission concepts, budgets for the SAR payload, and lead technical solutions for beam mode design and image quality modelling.

The role requires a graduate degree in a relevant field and 10+ years experience in radar/SAR, plus 5+ years in space systems.

Qualifications

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Math or Physics.
10+ years with radar, SAR or similar active imaging systems.
5+ years in a space systems engineering or similar complex systems environment.
SAR remote sensing experience: system design, operation, applications/exploitation and/or calibration.
Strong communicator.
US citizen or permanent resident.

Responsibilities

Contribute end-to-end to SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission.
Contribute to the mission concept of operations and high-level mission specs, including spacecraft budgets for the SAR payload.
Lead technical solutions for mission enhancements: beam mode design, mission concept design, image quality modelling.
Take part in mission-level risk management, integration, verification and validation.
Own design trade-offs across spacecraft systems, coverage and access, SAR payload, SAR processor and end-user applications.
Key member of the team through commissioning, calibration and early operations; mentor others.