RF/Electrical Engineer

Elveo • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

Elveo is a direct-to-device communications company combining 20 years of expertise to provide connectivity and compute services through satellite communications. Its technology supports mobile network operators and distribution partners in more than 60 countries, serving enterprise, government, and humanitarian sectors.

The RF/Electrical Engineer will analyze, design, implement, optimize, and enhance Elveo’s nanosatellite communications payload and future constellation network. The work spans radio frequency, electrical, mechanical, and software engineering, including link-budget analysis; system dimensioning for coverage and capacity; traffic analysis and simulation; system and frequency planning; and interference analysis and mitigation. The engineer will also support iterative payload hardware, electronics, and software design and testing, work with components such as SDRs, single-board computers, FPGAs, SoCs, processors, LNAs, and filters, and contribute to payload antenna selection and design. Hands-on bench work may include soldering, spectrum-analyzer use, breadboard circuit assembly, and RF channel simulator configuration.

The role is based in Chantilly, Virginia. Applicants must meet the stated ITAR eligibility criteria or be eligible to obtain the necessary U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or better in RF or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience working on projects developing space payload hardware and software, preferably communications systems.
• Experience with Linux-based systems.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of RF air interfaces and multiple-access schemes such as TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, and CDMA.
• Fluency with Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX, and capability with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Must be eligible under the stated ITAR requirements: a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee; otherwise, eligible to obtain the necessary U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with software-defined radios, antennas, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs, SoCs, single-board computers, or microcontrollers.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as C++, C, Python, or MATLAB.
• Familiarity with VHDL or Verilog and Altera or Xilinx FPGAs.
• Proficiency with electrical design software such as Altium.
• Hands-on experience integrating hardware and software systems.
• Hands-on experience programming microcontrollers and SDRs.
• Knowledge of communications or networking protocols, such as IP, TCP/IP, SNMP, SDH/SONET, Ethernet, Carrier Grade Ethernet, DSL, SS7, ISDN, Q2931, B-ISDN, X.25, 802.11, 802.16, SIP, TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, LTE, EDGE, GPRS, HSPA, or GSM.

Responsibilities

• Support design of spacecraft payload hardware, including single-board computers, SDRs, FPGAs, SoCs, processors, LNAs, filters, and amplifiers, as well as software design and development.
• Support selection and design of nanosatellite antenna technologies.
• Develop link-budget analyses, simulations, traffic and capacity analyses, RF system design and dimensioning, and coverage and frequency plans.
• Support spacecraft payload integration, testing, and delivery to launch and spacecraft bus partners or vendors.
• Design and plan ground payload testing configurations for communications performance testing in the lab and in orbit.
• Work with the Systems Engineering team to inform constellation and network architecture and design based on RF communications payload performance.
• Perform bench-level mechatronics work, including testing, integration, assembly, programming, and prototyping of electronics hardware and software.
• Conduct software-based Systems Engineering analysis.
• Help develop and maintain technical documentation for payload design and development.
• Work independently and as part of a team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time