Satellite Communications Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Airbus Ventures; Westminster, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Communication Systems Engineer Modeling & Simulation II to design, simulate, and test space communication systems across the full product lifecycle. You will work with systems, software, RF, electrical, and mechanical teams to optimize architectures and performance.

The role emphasizes modeling-driven design, verification, and continuous improvement of engineering processes, with hands-on analysis and collaboration across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical or systems engineering with 2–5 years in related fields.
• Experience with systems modeling, link analysis, performance evaluation and simulation tools.
• Familiarity with digital communications, RF fundamentals and system integration.
• Knowledge of engineering processes, documentation and requirements management.
• Experience with multidisciplinary collaboration and product lifecycle activities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop communications system architectures, interfaces and performance models.
• Perform system modeling, link analysis, evaluation, simulations and integration.
• Review requirements, architecture docs and verification results for system implementation.
• Leverage modeling tools to support architecture trades and new business efforts.
• Identify workflow automation to enable reusable modeling approaches.
• Verify, validate, test, simulate, integrate and troubleshoot systems.
• Analyze results and recommend solutions; support root-cause investigations and changes.
• Collaborate across systems, software, RF, electrical, mechanical, quality and programs.
• Prepare technical docs, interface/control docs, verification reports and change documentation.
• Participate in design reviews, investigations and customer support activities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Modeling & simulation

Requirements management

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

STK

Python

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Communication Systems Engineer Modeling & Simulation II to design, simulate, and test space communication systems across the full product lifecycle. You will work with systems, software, RF, electrical, and mechanical teams to optimize architectures and performance.

The role emphasizes modeling-driven design, verification, and continuous improvement of engineering processes, with hands-on analysis and collaboration across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.