• Interesting Work: Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
• Values: Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
• 100% Employee Ownership: we have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
• Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  • Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  • Flexible schedules
  • 6% 401k match with immediate vesting
  • Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  • Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  • Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
  • Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  • Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
• Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993

Responsibilities:

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  Analyzing requirements based on scientific and engineering, hardware, and software technical baselines.
• Participate in modeling, simulation, and analysis of link budgets, power budgets, and network performance. Link Budgets span Ka and UHF bands and include channel effects analysis.
• Reviewing hardware and software designs for spacecraft, ground station RF and digital signal processing, software waveforms, and various support equipment in the following bands: Ka, S, L and UHF.
• Providing recommendations on systems integration and engineering baseline changes and assessing the technical maturity and risk of development projects.
• Providing technical oversight and recommendations related to effective testing and validating system requirements. Reviewing test reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Participate in developing / reviewing operational procedures for various waveforms, to include network management, mission planning, and network handover.
• Assessing and integrating engineering activities across multiple projects and multiple program areas.
• Preparing, reviewing, editing reports and briefings.
• Attending project meetings and reviews to include technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and program management reviews.
• Assisting the Government in analyzing contractor concept designs at the system and subsystem levels.

Qualifications:

• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in the design, development, and or implementation of RF links and communication systems.
• Strong hands-on experience and comfort with Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, RF equipment, and various software tools needed for lab level development and test of RF systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, and dynamic environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in the DoD or Intelligence Community.
• Experience working satellite programs.
• Experience with one or more scenario level link budget modeling tools, such as STK and AFSIM.

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a closely related field from an accredited university.
• Master’s degree (Desired).

• Active DoD Secret clearance to start.
• Active Top Secret Clearance, (Desired).
• U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.