Senior RF Payloads Engineer — Spacecraft Systems

Space Systems Integration LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

Job summary

Space Systems Integration LLC in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior RF Systems Engineer to lead technical oversight of RF payload development and integration onto spacecraft. The role emphasizes requirements generation, TRAs/MRAs, CONOPS, and on-orbit operations support.

The candidate will manage design updates, perform risk reductions, and coordinate with primes and subcontractors to ensure schedules and performance targets are met, while maintaining a TS clearance with SCI eligibility and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Aerospace Engineering with 14 years or more of experience.
• Master's degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Aerospace Engineering with 12 years or more of experience.
• Experience with spaceborne RF payloads, signal processing, signals, mission data processing.
• Ability to analyze, discover and find solutions for technical issues in relevant technology.
• Working knowledge of orbital mechanics and environmental effects on spaceborne RF payloads.
• Experience applying Systems Engineering principals to the execution of payload development, build and I&T onto spacecraft.
• Good communication skills to peers and customer leadership.
• Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required, along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation.
• Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.
• Travel is 10%.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary technical oversight for the development, build, verification and deployment of Space RF payloads, providing Government leadership and recommending course corrections as needed.
• Produce requirements generation and manage evaluation and compliance assessments against those requirements.
• Conduct concept design evaluation and analysis of alternatives.
• Assess Critical Technology Elements (CTE), Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs) and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs).
• Develop CONOPS and oversee payload integration onto candidate spacecraft.
• Oversee transition to operations including operator training, payload initialization and checkout, and on-orbit operations.
• Assess proposed payload design updates for impact on performance and spacecraft.
• Perform risk reduction assessments to improve payload maturity and hardware.
• Collaborate with prime and subcontractor contacts to maintain schedule and progress.

Job description

Space Systems Integration LLC in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior RF Systems Engineer to lead technical oversight of RF payload development and integration onto spacecraft. The role emphasizes requirements generation, TRAs/MRAs, CONOPS, and on-orbit operations support.

The candidate will manage design updates, perform risk reductions, and coordinate with primes and subcontractors to ensure schedules and performance targets are met, while maintaining a TS clearance with SCI eligibility and