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Greenlight Professional Services, Inc.

SR SATCOM Systems Engineer

Greenlight Professional Services, Inc., San Diego, California, United States, 92189


Getting StartedYour ready to start your new career, learn more about what you can expect in the coming weeks.Job Summary:

Provide technical leadership and LEO SATCOM engineering management for a project team. Apply LEO SATCOM engineering processes and skills to systematically convert customer needs into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Responsible for systems planning, system and lower level requirements development, system design, analyses and trade studies, hardware/software design oversight, system integration, system level test, and subcontractor technical management/oversight. Prove input and support for project risk management activities. This position typically works under general supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:Knowledge of RF parameters applicable to LEO SATCOM (patterns, squint, G/T, Gain, link margin, etc.)Knowledge of LEO constellations, acquisition, and trackingDeep, recent experience with one or more: OneWeb, Amazon Kuiper, PWSA, Starlink, and/or TelesatWorking knowledge of SATCOM modems applicable to acquisition and trackingStrong Software and Controls backgroundDetermine Antenna Control Unit (ACU) controls requirements for LEOWork with selected LEO SATCOM Network Providers to ensure complianceTranslation from Modem to AntennaBeam steering controlCOTM algorithms for maintaining beam pointing and linkDevelop, implement and test ACU controls as per requirementsUnderstanding of make-before-break, doppler, multipath, Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), beaconsEnsure compliance to Modem Interface standardsPerform technical risk management activitiesSupport SATCOM engineering activities for proposal effortsMonitor, mentor, and train less experienced SATCOM engineersMinimum Requirements:

Four-year college degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline, plus 10 years SATCOM, 15 years Software/Controls, 20+ years of Industry Experience/Leadership Experience in creating, analyzing, documenting and testing system and subsystem designs. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs and requirement management database tool. Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks. Must be able to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints.

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