Senior Payload Network & Timing Engineer

SES Satellites; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Eligible for security clearances

Opportunities for travel

Job summary

SES Satellites in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer for the Payload Network & Timing position in their cutting-edge satellite program. Your role will involve architecting complex network systems to ensure high-performance and reliable operations.

You should have a strong background in network design, experience with timing-critical systems, and deep expertise in synchronization technologies like IEEE 1588v2.

This position includes opportunities for technical leadership and significantly impacts the next generation of satellite technology.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing timing-critical networked systems.
• Hands-on expertise with IEEE 1588v2 and SyncE technologies.
• Experience architecting L2/L3 networks with deterministic traffic behavior.

Responsibilities

• Own the payload timing architecture across distributed nodes.
• Design the internal payload network fabric for deterministic traffic.
• Lead technical decisions on networking and timing architectures.

Skills

Timing-critical systems design

Network architecture

Precision time and synchronization technologies

QoS and traffic shaping

System-level mindset

Education

Degree in Aerospace, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

DPDK

Traffic generation tools (Spirent, Ixia)

Job description

SES Satellites in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer for the Payload Network & Timing position in their cutting-edge satellite program. Your role will involve architecting complex network systems to ensure high-performance and reliable operations.

You should have a strong background in network design, experience with timing-critical systems, and deep expertise in synchronization technologies like IEEE 1588v2.

This position includes opportunities for technical leadership and significantly impacts the next generation of satellite technology.