Senior Space Communications Systems Architect

Airbus Ventures; Westminster (CO); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 266,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO is seeking a highly skilled Communication Systems Architect to lead end-to-end communication system solutions for customer missions and new business pursuits. The Architect will be the primary technical owner of the solution, spanning antennas, RF, digital processing, firmware, software, and interfaces.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise across one or more communications disciplines and the breadth to lead system-level trades, risk, cost, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience developing complex communication systems, products, or payloads, with demonstrated progression into system architecture or technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated deep technical expertise in at least one communications domain, such as:
• Communication theory, signal processing, waveforms, or modem design
• RF and microwave systems and electronics
• Antennas, phased arrays, and beamforming
• High-speed digital, FPGA, DSP, or digital communications architectures
• Embedded, networking, or communications software
• Demonstrated experience architecting or technically leading multidisciplinary systems beyond the candidate’s primary area of expertise.
• Experience translating customer or mission objectives into system architectures, technical requirements, and executable engineering solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading customer-facing technical discussions, design reviews, proposals, or new-business pursuits.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical solutions. Serve as the primary technical architect for customer pursuits, owning the complete communication system solution from mission needs through architecture, requirements, proposal, and transition to execution.
• Define communication system architectures. Develop architectures spanning antennas and apertures, RF front ends, frequency conversion, data conversion, digital processing, beamforming, modems and waveforms, firmware, software, networking, and external system interfaces as applicable to the mission.
• Lead from technical depth with system breadth. Apply deep expertise in a core technical discipline while integrating and making informed decisions across the other engineering domains required to deliver the complete system.
• Translate mission needs into solutions. Work directly with customers and Business Development to understand mission objectives, CONOPS, performance needs, and constraints and translate them into differentiated technical solutions.
• Lead architectural trades. Drive system-level decisions and trade studies across performance, SWaP, cost, schedule, technical maturity, risk, scalability, product reuse, and Make/Buy alternatives.
• Shape product strategy. Identify opportunities to leverage existing products and technologies, influence future product capabilities, and determine where new development is required to meet emerging customer and market needs.
• Lead technical capture and proposals. Develop the technical solution for pursuits and provide the architecture, requirements, technical approach, trades, risks, development strategy, and technical content required for competitive proposals and customer presentations.
• Establish the technical baseline. Define system-level requirements, interfaces, performance allocations, verification approaches, and preliminary designs necessary to establish a credible and executable technical baseline.
• Support program formation and contract definition. Partner with Product Development & Assurance and Program Management to develop Statements of Work, requirements, technical deliverables, assumptions, development plans, and Make/Buy strategies that accurately reflect the proposed solution.
• Transition solutions into execution. Serve as the technical bridge from pursuit to execution, ensuring engineering teams understand the architecture, requirements, key trades, risks, customer commitments, and technical rationale behind the solution.
• Provide technical leadership. Guide multidisciplinary engineering teams across RF, antenna, digital, FPGA, software, mechanical, systems, integration, and test disciplines without needing to be the subject matter expert in every domain.
• Represent the technical solution with customers. Communicate complex architectures, technical decisions, performance trades, and risks clearly to customer technical leaders, internal executives, and engineering teams.

Skills

System architecture

Technical leadership

RF/antenna systems

Digital processing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics

Tools

FPGA

DSP

MATLAB

Job description

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO is seeking a highly skilled Communication Systems Architect to lead end-to-end communication system solutions for customer missions and new business pursuits. The Architect will be the primary technical owner of the solution, spanning antennas, RF, digital processing, firmware, software, and interfaces.

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise across one or more communications disciplines and the breadth to lead system-level trades, risk, cost, and