Spacecraft Payload Radio Frequency Engineer Job at SAIC in Chantilly

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Spacecraft Payload Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer with an understanding of Digital Receiver Processors. The individual selected will provide subject matter expertise to support customer decisions with respect to contractors' development of spacecraft RF collection payloads and overall mission capabilities. Individual will perform the following duties :

Responsible for overseeing vendor development of RF antenna and receiver payload path to flight as the primary technical expert

Responsible for supporting end-to-end payload development to include :

Analysis of alternatives

Requirements generation, evaluation and compliance assessments

Concept design evaluation

Critical technology element (CTE) identification and assessments; Technology readiness assessments (TRA); manufacturing readiness assessments (MRA)

Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development

Oversight of payload integration

Transition to operations to include : development; operator training; payload initialization and checkout; on-orbit operations and end of life operations Responsible for assessing proposed payload design updates and understanding all performance and spacecraft impacts due to these updates

Responsible for performing assessments of risk reduction plans associated with improving the maturity of payload design and hardware

Responsible for working with contacts at prime and subcontractors to ensure work is on schedule and progressing

Qualifications

Qualifications :

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering or a technical field such as Physics, Math, or Astronautics with 9 years or more of experience; Masters with 7 years of experience or PhD and 4 years of experience

Experience with Satellite RF systems

Proven ability to effectively work with a large team of Government, FFRDC, and SETA contractors as well as Developers

Ability to convey complex technical and programmatic issues concisely to senior management

REQNUMBER : 2507990

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