Blue Origin · 20 hours ago
Lunar Ground Communications Engineer - Level IV (Sr)
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$145K/yr - $203K/yr
5+ years expBlue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Ground Communications Engineer will design and perform flight and operations development tasks throughout the full system lifecycle, ensuring effective communication systems for lunar missions.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Integrate ground station and relay providers into a mission operations environment
Ensure checkout of critical communication ground systems components supporting real-time telemetry data, commands, and video
Support the definition of the ground data system and communications architecture, and design that enable highly effective and labor-efficient real-time spacecraft and ground system operation, systems performance assessment and inter-team communication and coordination
Support integration of various ground system software and hardware components pertaining to space-ground communications including modems, front end processors, cryptography units and ground station interfaces
Support the operations team by creating operations products (procedures, documentation etc.) for the commanding and monitoring for both nominal and contingency situations
Support the vehicle engineering team by aligning radio development with ground station capabilities/requirements and coordinating radio testing and verification
Collaborate with the training team to plan training simulations and other training activities
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers representing flight vehicle systems, ground software, flight control operators and customers
Perform trade studies to determine the architecture and capabilities of ground systems to best meet mission operations requirements, cost and schedule
Coordinate with ground infrastructure/software and mission system engineers to plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification, to ensure that ground data system products meet system requirements and safety-critical standards
Support console as part of the mission operations team for the Lunar vehicles
Qualification
Required
B.S. or higher degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant space related space mission-oriented ground systems development experience
Expertise in ground station or relay satellite service integration
Expertise in spacecraft telemetry and commanding
Understanding of space to ground RF communications
Understanding of the principles and methods of engineering sophisticated systems
Experience in engineering over the full lifecycle of development, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release
Experience in on-console operations and telemetry collection
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
Preferred
M.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or related technical field
Experience with commercial ground station providers
Experience with DSN, TDRS, and other relay services and/or operations
Experience with C2 software tools (for ex. InControl)
Former experience as a C2 Operator of complex system
Experience with Front End Processor software tools (for ex. Amergint or Kratos)
Experience with CCSDS and/or common space-ground protocols (for ex. Transfer Frame Protocol)
Experience working with spacecraft RF link budgets
Regulatory knowledge related to RF licensing for ground stations and spacecraft
Experience with STK, Matlab, and Python
Experience managing contractors and executing NASA contracts
Experience with integration of modems, antennas, and Front-End Processors
Experience with AES-128 crypto key management as well as architecting of encryption/decryption solutions
Experience in one or more of the following: Spaceflight mission operations, Mission analysis, flight planning and timeline development, Operational fault management, Flight-ground RF experience, Spacecraft telemetry, command and sequencing, Ground Data System architecture in the context of space operations
Experience working on large, sophisticated programs with multiple partners
First principles knowledge of major spacecraft subsystems
Experience with requirements definition and management, preferably using JAMA
Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
Familiarity with version control, preferably Git
Experience with configuration and product data management tools, preferably Windchill
Experience working in a technical training environment for engineers
Experience working with and proposing to U.S. Government research agencies (e.g. NASA, AFRL, DARPA)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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