Junior Missile Tracking Systems Engineer – Satellite Communications & RF Systems

Moseley Technical Services, Inc.•Scottsdale, AZ

12d•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Junior Missile Tracking Systems Engineer in Scottsdale, AZ to support advanced missile tracking, satellite communications, and space defense systems within secure DoD environments. This role requires foundational experience with communication traffic modeling, RF communications protocols, satellite constellation architectures, network simulation, packet routing, and systems engineering supporting mission-critical missile defense and distributed space systems programs.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law.
Active Department of Defense Top Secret Security Clearance required at time of hire.
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM discipline; or Master’s degree with 2 years of related experience.
Minimum of 6 months of job-related engineering experience.
Experience or academic exposure to communication traffic modeling and network simulation.
Knowledge of satellite constellation architectures, including: LEO (Low Earth Orbit), MEO (Medium Earth Orbit), GEO (Geosynchronous Earth Orbit)
Understanding of RF communications protocols and distributed communication systems.
Familiarity with end-to-end packet routing, prioritization, and communication performance analysis.
Knowledge of systems architecture and requirements decomposition principles.
Ability to support integration, deployment, and sustainment activities within secure defense environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with missile tracking systems architecture.
Knowledge of sensor fusion techniques.
Experience with satellite tasking and service scheduling logic.
Experience with cloud technologies supporting distributed system design.
Familiarity with image processing, collection, storage, and analysis workflows.
Experience supporting DoD space, missile defense, or satellite communications programs.

Responsibilities

Perform systems engineering by decomposing requirements into detailed traffic flow and communication models
Design and model satellite constellation-to-ground network data flows, including throughput, latency, routing, and prioritization
Support pre-planned and dynamic satellite scheduling and service allocation for missile tracking operations
Analyze missile tracking data and communication performance metrics to validate and optimize traffic models
Support integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment of ground entry points, operations centers, and enterprise communication infrastructure