Senior RF Systems Engineer

SAIC•El Segundo, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Space RF Payload subject matter expert with in-depth knowledge of digital signal processing, signals, remote sensing, mission analyses, and systems engineering. The role provides technical expertise to support customer decisions concerning contractors’ development of spaceborne RF signal-processing payloads, ground-processing systems, and overall mission capabilities. The engineer will work at customer facilities in El Segundo, California, alongside the customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as physics, mathematics, or aerospace engineering, plus at least 14 years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in electrical engineering or a technical field such as physics, mathematics, or aerospace engineering, plus at least 12 years of relevant experience.
Experience with spaceborne RF payloads, signal processing, signals, and mission data processing.
Ability to analyze, discover, and find solutions to technical issues in relevant technology.
Working knowledge of orbital mechanics and environmental effects on spaceborne RF payloads.
Experience applying systems engineering principles to payload development, build, and integration and test (I&T) onto spacecraft.
Good communication skills with peers and customer leadership.
An in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility, and enrollment in the Continuous Evaluation program if applicable.
Willingness to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Programs and to consent to a polygraph examination.

Nice To Haves

At least 16 years of experience with RF payloads.
Experience integrating and testing spaceborne RF payloads onto spacecraft.
Familiarity with Department of War (DoW) acquisition processes.
Experience as a project manager on a space payload program or integrated product team (IPT).
Ability to generate link budgets for end-to-end space-to-ground communications systems and/or RF payloads.

Responsibilities

Provide primary technical oversight for the development, build, verification, and deployment of Space RF payloads; advise Government leadership and recommend design or build course corrections through delivery.
Generate requirements.
Evaluate compliance with generated requirements and requirements flow-down.
Evaluate concept designs and analyze alternatives.
Assess Critical Technology Elements (CTEs), Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs), and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs).
Develop Concepts of Operations (CONOPS).
Oversee technically the integration of payloads onto candidate spacecraft.
Oversee the transition to operations, including development, operator training, payload initialization and checkout, and on-orbit operations.
Assess proposed payload design updates and understand their performance and spacecraft impacts.
Assess risk-reduction plans to improve the maturity of payload design and hardware.
Work with prime and subcontractor contacts to ensure work is on schedule and progressing.