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METECS · 2 months ago

Network Engineer - NASA Lunar Surface Analogue Field Testing

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

METECS is a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. The Network Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and deploying wireless networks in unique environments, supporting NASA's JETT testing, and serving as a subject matter expert in wireless networking technologies.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Maintain an existing 5G-SA cellular network using a variety of COTS equipment

Work with a senior engineer on designing and deploying a variety of different 3GPP, Wi-Fi, and wired network architectures as needed to support NASA's JETT testing

Travel 4-5 times per year in support of NASA JETT tests: Travel may range from days to weeks, both CONUS and OCONUS

Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for research, development, and verification of wireless networking, both on the infrastructure side as well as wireless nodes/endpoints (Wi-Fi stations, 3GPP UEs, etc.)

Maintain and improve on existing Linux SBC wireless clients that function as Wi-Fi stations, 3GPP UEs, and wireless hotspots

Collaborate with additional NASA partners to ensure network requirements for successful field tests

Develop scripts and implement automation to handle disaster recovery, network failover, and redundancy

Stay current with the newest wireless technologies, Linux single board computers, and especially 3GPP-related software/hardware

Qualification

3GPP networkingWireless networkingLinuxScriptingTCP/IP networkingWi-Fi deploymentNetworking technologiesCommunication skillsProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of interacting with stakeholders in all roles and levels of the organization

Experience in independent, unsupervised management and maintenance of wireless networks, particularly in challenging, possibly internet-disconnected environments

Experience in headless Linux environments, strong command line skills needed

Preferred

Hands on experience with any of the following: Nokia RAN, Airspan RAN, Druid Raemis core, Any enterprise Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployment/management experience, Any 3GPP RAN/core experience, Wi-Fi network site surveying, design, and deployment, Networking and routing in hierarchical networks, Bash command line interface experience and management of systems over SSH

Networking technologies such as: VLANs, QoS, QCI/5QI, routing, and subnetting

Comfort in working in potentially difficult environments and semi-frequent travel