Staff Systems Engineer, SAR Missions (Fully Remote)

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Relocation assistance to Vancouver

Job summary

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting is sourcing senior engineers for a global leader in Earth-observation satellites. The role is fully remote with optional relocation to Vancouver, BC, and requires deep SAR and radar design experience.

The candidate will own mission concepts, perform system-level trades, and lead SAR commissioning and early operations across international teams.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree required in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Math or Physics.
• 15+ years with radar, SAR, or similar active imaging systems.
• US citizen or permanent resident due to export-control requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the mission concept of operations and high-level mission specs.
• Run design trade-offs across spacecraft systems, coverage and access, and SAR payload.
• Own SAR commissioning, calibration, and early operations.

Skills

Radar systems

SAR imaging

Design trade-offs

Mission design

Education

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

• Own the mission concept of operations and high-level mission specs, including spacecraft budgets.
• Run design trade-offs across spacecraft systems, coverage and access, and SAR payload.
• Own SAR commissioning, calibration, and early operations.

What you need:

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Math or Physics.
• 15+ years with radar, SAR, or similar active imaging systems.
• US citizen or permanent resident due to export-control requirements.

Nice to have:

• MATLAB, Python; satellite SAR payload design and operations.
• Space mission design, spacecraft design, and geospatial data.

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting is a talent acquisition firm specializing in technical staffing. They are hiring for a global leader in Earth-observation satellites, offering a fully remote role with optional relocation to Vancouver, BC.