RF Payload Systems Lead — Space Projects

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation; East Hagbourne, Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private healthcare

Job summary

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation (MDA) UK is seeking a Payload Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration and test of RF payload and antenna systems for GEO and other environments. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to build robust trade analyses and provide clear conclusions, including ground infrastructure considerations and technology trade-offs.

The role involves guiding the systems engineering team, generating system requirements, conducting

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Maths or Physics.
• 10+ years of experience in communications system engineering and/or engineering management.
• Experience with space industry standards (ECSS).
• Experience managing an engineering team.
• Experience in communications satellite design (RF payload, antenna, digital payload).
• Ability to develop and analyse end-to-end system requirements and perform trade studies.
• Ability to lead technical proposals and present to customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering project team with scope, schedule, cost, resources and risk management.
• Guide systems engineering to generate requirements, specs and interface definitions; perform system design trade-offs.
• Analyze system performance requirements and allocate to sub-systems/components.
• Develop concepts of operations and architectures focusing on RF and payload elements.
• Shape ground infrastructure and satellite subsystems through maturation and risk reduction plans.
• Negotiate specifications and trade-offs with customers, partners and engineers.

Skills

Space systems engineering

Systems leadership

RF payload design

ECSS familiarity

Trade studies

Link budgets

Antenna systems

Effective communicator

Education

Degree in Engineering, Maths or Physics

Job description

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation (MDA) UK is seeking a Payload Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration and test of RF payload and antenna systems for GEO and other environments. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to build robust trade analyses and provide clear conclusions, including ground infrastructure considerations and technology trade-offs.

The role involves guiding the systems engineering team, generating system requirements, conducting