Senior RF Payload Engineer — Satellite Payloads

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources is representing a space engineering client in Guildford seeking a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads from design through to in-orbit commissioning.

You will define payload architectures, analyze performance and specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing, working with hardware specialists and external suppliers to realise requirements.

Qualifications

• RF experience with systems engineering and requirements flow-down.
• Experience in link budgets, RF/digital design, signal processing, antenna design, and payload verification.
• Degree in engineering, maths or physics; able to own technical decisions across disciplines; space hardware experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define payload architectures and analyse performance; specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing.
• Collaborate with hardware specialists and external suppliers to turn requirements into working payloads.
• Develop design, test and calibration tools; support environmental testing and commissioning; manage delivery schedules and budgets; own payload lifecycle.

Skills

RF experience

Systems engineering

Requirements flow-down

Link budgets

RF design

Digital design

Signal processing

Antenna design

Payload verification

Technical ownership

Education

Engineering/ Maths/ Physics degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

IC Resources is representing a space engineering client in Guildford seeking a Senior RF Payload Engineer to develop satellite payloads from design through to in-orbit commissioning.

You will define payload architectures, analyze performance and specify transmitters, receivers, antennas and signal processing, working with hardware specialists and external suppliers to realise requirements.