Senior Space Optical Communications Lead

Blue Origin LLC; Littleton (CO); Vor Ort; USD 182.000 - 254.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Zusammenfassung

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Senior Optical Communications Design Engineer to own and evolve an optical communication design for a global satellite constellation. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of hardware and software engineers, guiding pointing algorithms, hardware selection, and integration strategies to keep our constellation at the cutting edge.

You will be responsible for end-to-end optical links, link-budget analyses, and performance validation under varied conditions, while

Qualifikationen

• BS in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years designing/developing optical communication systems.
• Experience leading small hardware/software teams.
• Proven satellite/space optical comms experience.
• Strong PAT and optical link-budget skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead design, analysis, and optimization of free-space optical links.
• Direct cross-functional hardware/software engineers on algorithms and hardware.
• Design and validate end-to-end optical communication pipeline.
• Select/integrate/test lasers, modulators, detectors, pointing mechanisms.
• Perform link-budget modeling and performance simulations.
• Evolve hardware/software for new mission requirements and cost reduction.
• Develop test infrastructure and perform lab and OTA tests.
• Collaborate with systems/avionics/software teams for payload integration.
• Create/design documentation and performance analyses.

Kenntnisse

PAT algorithms

Cross-functional leadership

Optical communication design

Link budget analysis

DSP/FPGA/embedded

SDR familiarity

MATLAB/Simulink

Ausbildung

BS in Optical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Physics

Tools

Zemax

CodeV

MATLAB/Simulink

FPGA/GPUs/embedded

Jobbeschreibung

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Senior Optical Communications Design Engineer to own and evolve an optical communication design for a global satellite constellation. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of hardware and software engineers, guiding pointing algorithms, hardware selection, and integration strategies to keep our constellation at the cutting edge.

You will be responsible for end-to-end optical links, link-budget analyses, and performance validation under varied conditions, while