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Earth Stations Engineer
Company | Astranis |
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Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Salary | $125000 – $160000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- 2-4 years experience with earth station hardware and wireless communications (preferably satcom).
- Experience using RF test equipment (spectrum analyzer and signal generator) and debugging RF components
- Strong project management skills, detail oriented, organized, and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency
- Willing to travel 20% of the time
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoy a fast paced environment and wearing many hats
- Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position.
Responsibilities
- Design and build ground station communication systems through all stages of deployment (site survey, system design review, hardware selection, hardware integration, end-to-end testing and activation)
- Lead site selection, deployment planning and co-ordination and own build, test, train and handoff to customers
- Interface with multiple disciplines including; mission operations, avionics, RF, logistics, suppliers, external partners, and manufacturing
- Oversee procurement, testing, quality control, and shipment logistics of ground station support hardware
- Maintain system wide and project wide documentation and communication plans
- Provide necessary technical support and oversight to ensure proper operation of earth stations
- Coordinates with vendors to complete engineering projects, repairs, and/or Operations & Maintenance (O&M) items
- Iterate system design to improve efficiency, speed, and scalability
- Debugging equipment in the lab and in the field to reproduce issues and ability to track them to closure.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field in engineering
- Familiarity with antenna design and operation
- Familiar with networking (Ethernet, IP, TCP)
- Comfortable scripting, preferably in Python
- Familiarity with procurement and shipping/logistics operations