Senior RF Communications Engineer, Space

The role

You will design satellite communications subsystems including bus TT&C, mission data links, and inter-satellite links. You will own link budgets, subsystem design, and the integration of NSA approved Type 1 encryption for spacecraft.

What you will do

• Contribute to the spacecraft communications subsystems for various spacecraft programs in all orbital regimes
• Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
• Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft communications
• Own space-to-ground and space-to-space ICDs and designs for communication subsystems
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features
• Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering degree
• Experience conducting spacecraft operations and satellite command and control
• Flexible and agile problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of and experience with MATLAB
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements
• Experience with RF subsystem design for space-space and space-ground in multiple orbital regimes
• Experience with optical inter-satellite and optical space-ground systems
• Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight
• Clear communication and organizational skills including creating documentation and training materials
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience with Python, Go, C++ and/or Linux systems
• A desire to work on critical software and hardware designs in the space domain
• Experience testing comms subsystems in laboratory environments that mimic the space environmental constraints
• Experience with testing/validation leveraging FlatSats, Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds and digital spacecraft simulators
• Exposure to ground station operations and providers
• Exposure to US satellite operations policy and constraints

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Must currently possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their Space team develops integrated hardware and software systems to enhance Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control.