Senior SATCOM Systems Engineer Defense

Trinzic; San Diego (CA); Presencial; USD 125.000 - 135.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Descripción de la vacante

KBR’s SATCOM Systems Engineer role focuses on architecture, analysis, integration, and oversight of advanced satellite communications systems. You will work across RF, IF, baseband, and networking layers to evaluate modems and terminal architectures, with emphasis on ModCod strategies and interference mitigation.

The position requires 5+ years in communications, DoD defense program experience, and active DoD SECRET clearance, with opportunities to contribute from lab to field environments and

Formación

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in communications system development.
• Experience supporting modem, waveform, or RF subsystem design or integration.
• Experience supporting integration and system-level testing.
• Experience working in DoD or defense communications programs.
• Knowledge of RF engineering principles including non-linear effects, phase noise, filtering, frequency planning, and interference analysis.
• Understanding of digital communications theory including modulation, coding, synchronization, and detection.
• Experience evaluating or implementing ModCod strategies and adaptive coding and modulation.
• Experience with multiple access schemes.
• Experience performing link budget analysis and system performance modeling.
• Experience with modeling/simulation tools such as MATLAB or equivalent.
• Ability to translate waveform and RF performance analysis into actionable system requirements.
• Active DoD SECRET clearance.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze and define modem and RF subsystem architectures for SATCOM systems.
• Evaluate modulation and coding schemes under operational link conditions.
• Assess and support implementation of multiple access techniques.
• Develop and review link budgets, spectral efficiency analysis, and interference mitigation strategies.
• Support SoC/FPGA-based modem implementations and hardware/software partitioning decisions.
• Define system and interface requirements across RF, IF, baseband, and Layer 2 interfaces.
• Support integration and test of modem and terminal subsystems in laboratory and field environments.
• Identify technical risks and performance trades across waveform, RF, and network layers.

Conocimientos

RF engineering

Digital communications

ModCod implementation

Link budget analysis

System testing

MATLAB

Defense program experience

Clearance: DoD SECRET

Educación

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering (RF/Communications)

Herramientas

MATLAB

FPGA

SoC/FPGA integration

MILSATCOM knowledge

Descripción del empleo

KBR’s SATCOM Systems Engineer role focuses on architecture, analysis, integration, and oversight of advanced satellite communications systems. You will work across RF, IF, baseband, and networking layers to evaluate modems and terminal architectures, with emphasis on ModCod strategies and interference mitigation.

The position requires 5+ years in communications, DoD defense program experience, and active DoD SECRET clearance, with opportunities to contribute from lab to field environments and