York Space Systems

RF Engineer Senior

Greenwood Village, CO, United States

$125-155k

Full Time

22 days ago

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Job description

Salary: 125,000-155,000

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next-generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively. We’re looking to expand our team across the board.

York Space Systems is looking for a talented RF Engineer with a high level of technical expertise and the ability to work closely with our technology partners and regulatory agencies to perform detailed reviews of link budgets, coverage capabilities and to determine target satellite capabilities. The ideal candidate would be the type of person who looks for opportunities to improve the space link efficiency through system design. As an RF engineer at York, you will be the liaison between Product Development, Operations, Suppliers and Engineering, and provides high level definition of requirements for new product development to maintain the leading York Space Systems products and services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Architects RF system designs for the York communication systems with components as required to build out transmitters and receivers.
Perform RF analysis to define vendor requirements for communication system hardware.
Ensure compliance with. while challenging applicable regulations and program requirements to balance with technical requirements and best design practices.
Determine project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards; completing technical studies; preparing cost estimates.
Confirm and verify product performance by designing tests.
Manage action as required to incorporate applicable changes that are determined to provide benefits in accordance with departmental objectives and management directive.
Organize and prioritize tasks across different programs and projects.
Work across a diverse team of internal and external stakeholders to achieve the mission objectives.
Be customer facing, from a program perspective and technically, communicate with the customer at regular tag-ups and in formal reviews.
Collaborate with vendors. be familiar with potential vendor capabilities
Support FCC / NTIA / ITU coordination, be familiar with regulatory framework.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, RF Engineering, or Wireless Communication related disciplines
5-9 years of industry exposure to RF System design & analysis, preferably spacecraft applications
An ability and willingness to share knowledge, skills, and experience in an environment which focuses on coaching for improvement.
Understand space-to-ground and space-to-space communications architectures. have a firm understanding of analog (antenna, amplifiers, filters, etc.), and digital (SDR, modulation, coding) domains
Be familiar with commonly used satellite modulation and coding standards, (CCSDS, DVBS2, etc.), as well as potential future standards (IoT, 5G NTN)
Ability to perform under deadline, accountable and self-driven.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Organized and a decent multitasker. Likes working across multiple projects.
Detail orientated and data driven.
Motivated, goal orientated and persistent.
May require some travel to support testing and launch.
Clearance optional

York Space Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, military or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to all terms and conditions or employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. YORK SPACE SYSTEMS IS AN EEO EMPLOYER.