Senior SATCOM Test Engineer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. • Chandler, AZ

62d • Onsite

About The Position

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is seeking an experienced Senior SATCOM Test Engineer to collaborate with System Engineering, Software Engineering, and Hardware Engineering teams in bringing satellite communications products to market. The role is responsible for verification and validation testing of engineering designs before market release, including developing test plans, procedures, and automation and conducting validation testing on satellite communications equipment, software, and systems.

The position is based onsite in Chandler, Arizona, five days per week, and reports to the Director, Verification. The role requires compliance with Comtech’s Drug-Free Workplace Program, including successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening. Employees may also be subject to random, reasonable-suspicion, and post-incident testing; illegal drug use, including marijuana, is disqualifying under the stated federal adjudicative guidelines and DoD DFARS requirements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of related work experience in a similar Test Engineer position.
• Experience programming with C/C++, Python, and Java.
• Experience with laboratory and network equipment, including spectrum analyzers, AWGN noise sources, traffic generators, satellite link emulators, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, routers, Ethernet managed switches, and Wireshark.
• Experience testing to MIL-STD-188-165B and MIL-STD-188-165A.
• Understanding of modern satellite modem waveforms.
• Experience automating test equipment over remote GPIB, Ethernet, and SNMP.
• Experience with DIFI IEEE-ISTO STD 4900-2021.
• Experience with RF calibration automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or 10 or more years of industry-related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and compliance with the company’s Drug-Free Workplace Program.

Responsibilities

• Translate system-, hardware-, and software-level requirements into verification test procedures.
• Create, interpret, and modify source code in programming languages such as Python, C, and Java for automated test software.
• Support Integration and Test, Design Verification, First Article, and Production testing.
• Troubleshoot moderately to highly complex satellite communications equipment and software.
• Test advanced product features and methods, including DIFI interoperability over 100 GigE interfaces, RF and waveform performance to MIL-STD-188-165B, multi-carrier satellite modems, and automated RF calibration routines.
• Report, track, and monitor product performance, capabilities, and defects.
• Write technical reports and develop charts, graphs, and schematics describing system operating characteristics, malfunctions, deviations from design specifications, and functional limitations.
• Create and set up test fixtures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior