RF Systems and Satellite Communications Engineer

APL offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your education, retirement, health, and work-life balance. Expect education assistance, retirement contributions, paid time off, robust medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, and ongoing training and development as part of your total rewards.

Location

Laurel, Maryland onsite

Compensation

Salary range: USD 105,000 to 290,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual RF system design and analyses, including simulation, link analysis, hardware trade studies, and cost assessments for satellite communications across space and ground segments.
• Collaborate with mission and spacecraft systems engineers, peer subsystem engineers, and project management throughout the mission lifecycle from concept to launch, covering requirements, development phases, technical reviews, budgeting, and scheduling.
• Provide technical leadership across the RF systems development lifecycle, guiding system concepts, trade studies, prototypes, flight development, integration, and testing.
• Support sponsor engagement and assist project and program management in related activities.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in satellite RF communications and RF systems design, development, simulation (MATLAB, SystemVue, or equivalent), and operations.
• Experience with RF hardware design and/or testing.
• Willing to accommodate flexible hours for spacecraft level testing and travel infrequently to customer or sponsor locations as well as spacecraft integration and test sites.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance by start date, with potential to obtain TS/SCI+ poly clearance. U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility.

Technologies

• MATLAB
• SystemVue

Benefits

• Education assistance
• Retirement plan contributions
• Healthy work-life balance
• Comprehensive retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Training and development