Ground Station Systems Engineer

Location: Duluth, Georgia, United States; regular presence in the office during the work week is required. Travel up to 10%.

Salary: $120,500–$190,000 annually. For specific locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area: $149,500–$224,500 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops global communications systems for commercial, government, and military customers.

What you will do

• Lead the technical aspects of antenna systems programs from requirements and concept discussions through customer delivery and sell-off.
• Coordinate system design and implementation across RF transmit/receive electronics, high-speed modems, software systems, mechanical antenna structures, motors, and reflector-positioning controllers.
• Analyze ground-station performance, including G/T and EIRP, and support customer analysis, proposals, and contract awards.
• Define, decompose, allocate, and manage system-level requirements and traceability.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, design reviews, readiness reviews, bids, proposals, and customer presentations.
• Develop test plans and procedures for requirements verification of sophisticated satellite ground terminals.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working on complex systems.
• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a closely related field.
• Direct experience with satellite communication antennas, ground or earth stations, and multiple fielded projects.
• Experience leading complex multidisciplinary projects, design reviews, proposals, presentations, and system verification.
• Experience conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and testing field satellite ground terminals, antenna telemetry systems, or similarly complex systems.
• US Citizenship and willingness to work from the Duluth, Georgia office during the work week are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with space-to-ground link availability, rain fade margins, cascade analysis, tracking antenna pedestals, servo-control loops, and autotrack systems.
• Experience with digital modems, software-defined radios, Q/V/E-band antenna systems, MATLAB, DOORS, Jama, or MBSE tools such as Cameo.
• Master of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a closely related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on satellite communications and antenna systems for commercial and government applications.
• Access to outdoor antenna test facilities, including boresight, planar near-field, and elevated pattern ranges.
• Compensation may include additional cash or stock incentives.
• Medical, financial, and other benefits are available depending on the position offered.
• Inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity environment.