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Director, Modem Engineering

Director, Modem Engineering

Logos SpaceRedwood City, CA, United States
7 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Logos Space is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system purpose-built to serve the connectivity needs of commercial enterprise users and government users. We will help fill an important gap in the market, providing resilient, high-performance satellite-based connectivity services to enterprise and government customers worldwide.

Logos is led by a team of highly experienced engineers with proven track records in the networking and satellite industries.

Position Summary & Responsibilities

The Director, Modem Engineering is a high-profile role responsible for conceiving, planning, partnering, and executing the waveform designs, protocol stack designs, and analysis, fixed-point design, implementation, integration, and test for the whole of Logos payload, terminal, and ground systems.

This person is also responsible for working through implications of various hardware & firmware platform choices and then making the final decisions that would give the best modem & protocol stack outcomes at the fastest program speed. The lead is responsible for solving all problems relating to satellite dynamics across all modem states across a wide range of payloads.

  • Responsible for the overall waveform, stack, and modem platform decisions and implementation, integration, and subsystem testing for all payloads across all parameter space
  • Responsible for the production quality and production readiness of space flight hardware, from a function and performance perspective, of the Logos Space system
  • Responsible for bringing great ingenuity to waveform and receiver designs to operate various payloads across a wide range of operating conditions
  • Own modem and protocol stack design and testing timelines through conception and all phases of design and development
  • Responsible for conceiving, planning, and building all labs needed to scale to the proper subsystem testing of the Logos Space baseband system in both the transmitter and receiver hardware
  • Responsible for planning software and hardware releases relating to the modem and protocol stacks both prior to the first launch and continuously thereafter through multiple generations of the system

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science or a STEM field with significant relevant experience in system design, integration, and test of large hardware and software systems
  • A minimum of 15 years designing waveforms, modem, and receiver design, development, and test - and an ability to bring ingenuity to solve uniquely hard problems
  • Significant professional experience with team building and managing, especially in a startup context
  • Significant professional experience with team and function planning - including all operational aspects of owning a full function
  • Significant experience in satcom and / or terrestrial wireless system design, integration, and test
  • Hands-on software or hardware experience in either professional or academic settings
  • Proven track record of working with software or hardware systems through the entire product life cycle
  • Significant experience in organizational, written, and oral communication and experience working with other strong functional leads

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Engineering or Computer Science or a STEM field with significant relevant experience in system design, integration, and test of large hardware and software systems
  • 15+ years of experience with wireless systems design, integration, and test
  • 5+ years of experience with leading system integration and test teams
  • Experience doing above in fast-paced startups
  • Experience with building teams in a small company context
  • Experience in delivering products to production

    • Logos Space Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering creativity, curiosity, and diverse perspectives among employees.

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