Software Engineer, Simulation and Modeling

The role

You will build a simulation framework that models the constellation and emitters end to end. This tool will generate signals and score results to answer performance and architecture questions for engineers and customers.

What you will do

• Model the constellation including orbit propagation, cluster geometry, attitude, pointing, antenna beams, access and contact windows
• Model emitters and the theatre as state machines with antenna patterns, scan behaviour, modes and duty cycles
• Generate signals through propagation and link modelling and synthetic I/Q per satellite
• Own the truth with a truth ledger of every simulated emission, position and time
• Drive hardware by providing geometry and timing for the channel simulator and playback hardware
• Make the simulation a platform with versioned scenarios, tests, CI, and documentation
• Answer capacity, revisit and performance studies for payload, product and sales teams

Required qualifications

• Strong software engineering in Python
• Experience building a simulation or model of a physical system and validating it against measurement or real data
• Numerical and scientific computing using NumPy/SciPy or equivalent
• Working knowledge of at least one of orbital mechanics and access computation, RF link budgets and propagation, or signal processing
• Habits that make results reproducible including seeds, configuration management, and data provenance
• Clear written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Constellation, mission or system-level modeling and simulation (STK, Orekit, GMAT, Basilisk or in-house)
• Radar, EW or emitter modeling; scenario or order-of-battle generation
• TDOA/FDOA/AoA geolocation or estimation theory
• Synthetic I/Q generation, GPU acceleration, or real-time and hardware-in-the-loop interfaces
• Cloud-native deployment, containers, workflow orchestration, and data stores for large runs
• A simulation framework of yours that outlived your involvement in it
• Eligibility for national security clearance

Before you apply

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

About the company

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. They own the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation.