Wireless Communications Engineer

Amentum•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum, with teammate company Barrios, is hiring a Wireless Communications Engineer to serve as an RF Communications Systems Engineer on the Communication and Tracking Sub-System Analysis Team. The work supports the International Space Station, Orion, Moon Base, and exploration programs as part of NASA’s deep-space exploration efforts. This is an on-location position, with situational telework only. The role includes supporting the NASA RF communication subsystem manager and serving as a technical point of contact. Candidates may be considered at different advertised levels depending on their experience, qualifications, and business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and typically 2–5 years of experience in the field or a related area.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school.
College-level RF Communications coursework, such as digital communications, DSP, microwave, satellite communications, and estimation and detection theory.
Strong analytical skills in RF communications.
Strong knowledge of communication systems, including digital modulation, demodulation, encoding and decoding, spread-spectrum signals, signal detection, data formatting, and packetizing.
Excellent communication and organizational skills, and ability to work in a team environment.
Must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. permanent resident for at least three years and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with spectrum management, including the NTIA spectrum approval process, review of spectrum requests, spectrum sharing, and interference analysis.
Experience with NASA processes.
Knowledge of antennas, RF propagation, and network-layer protocols.
Familiarity with CCSDS communication standards.
Knowledge of pseudo-noise ranging, forward error correction such as LDPC, radiometric range and range-rate calculations, and orbital dynamics.
Experience with programming languages such as C/C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

Review link- and network-layer protocols implemented on communication systems based on CCSDS recommendations.
Determine RF communication-link performance and create link budgets using analytical methods, analysis, and simulations.
Participate in and contribute to Systems Requirements Reviews, Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews, and Technical Interchange Meetings.
Perform RF interference and compatibility, Power Flux Density, and spectral analyses for space-based communication systems using Matlab, Simulink, and Excel.
Review RF communication subsystem Interface Requirements Documents, Verification Requirements, Interface Control Documents, and component-level requirements for transponders, transceivers, and baseband processors.
Assist and support the NASA RF communication subsystem manager with reviews and meetings, and serve as the technical point of contact.
Represent JSC and interface with other NASA centers, federal agencies, and commercial partners.
Perform other duties as required.