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Communication Payload Engineer
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
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| Location | El Segundo, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $166400 – $249600 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in an applicable field
- 10 or more years of applicable experience
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with customers, contractors, other FFRDC and SETA personnel
- Ability to effectively present technical material to senior DoD and other US government officials
- Active Secret security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
- Some travel is required
Responsibilities
- Work with the OPIR program office and technical experts to provide direction and oversight of the development, integration, and testing of the NG OPIR Communications Payload portfolio
- Monitor and assist contractor in integration and testing of Engineering Model units in Single String Comm Payload Test Bed
- Monitor test and delivery of qualification units and flight units
- Assist in delivery and successful integration of Government Furnished Crypto units onto the Space Vehicle by working with multiple government agencies, SETAs, and contractors
- Monitor and assist contractor in integration and testing of flight hardware into the Comm Payload
- Support and assist contractor in resolving issues and failures at unit and integrated Comm Payload level
- Deliver concise technical information and recommendations to aid government decisions
- Support cost, schedule, and technical risk assessments
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with government military, civil personnel, SETAs, and contractors
- Aid risk reduction by proposing and executing analyses, tests, and other activities that augment the contractor’s work
- Oversee and coordinate a team of technical experts to support activities above
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in electrical engineering
- Experience with communication systems including antennas, amplifiers, receivers, modulators, encryption units, and switches/routers
- Experience with commercial or military analog and digital space electronics design processes
- Familiarity with major space system development
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance preferred
