Lead SAR Systems Engineer, Space Missions

Recruiting; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruiting in the United States (Washington, Vancouver) seeks a senior engineer to contribute end-to-end SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission. You will influence mission concept of operations and spacecraft budgets for the SAR payload.

You will lead technical solutions for mission enhancements—beam mode design, mission concept design, image quality modelling—and participate in mission-level risk management, integration, verification, and validation.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Math or Physics (or equivalent).
• 10+ years with radar, SAR or similar active imaging systems (hardware, processors and/or data products).
• 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.

Skills

Radar/SAR experience

Space systems engineering

Communication skills

US citizenship

Education

Graduate degree (EE/Phys)

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Satellite payload design

Job description

Recruiting in the United States (Washington, Vancouver) seeks a senior engineer to contribute end-to-end SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission. You will influence mission concept of operations and spacecraft budgets for the SAR payload.

You will lead technical solutions for mission enhancements—beam mode design, mission concept design, image quality modelling—and participate in mission-level risk management, integration, verification, and validation.