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David Careers

Space Relay Systems Telecommunications Engineer

Posted 3 days ago

fts internationalChantilly (VA)
Telecommunications Engineering SpecialistsAll Other Telecommunications

SENIORITY

Lead

SALARY

$175,000 - $205,000 per year

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About the role

Space Relay Systems Telecommunications EngineerFTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics. FTS has an opportunity for Space Relay Systems Telecommunications Engineer in Chantilly, VA.The Space Relay Systems Telecommunications Engineer supports the development, modeling, analysis, and integration of advanced telecommunications architectures that include space relays, space-to-ground communication systems, ground station terminals, terrestrial transport networks, and cloud-hosted mission services.
Responsibilities:
  • Support architecture development for RF and Optical space relay networks, Space-to-Space communications, space-to-ground communications, crosslink solutions, and global data transport paths
  • Perform engineering analysis and design assessments for end-to-end communications systems, including space, ground, and cloud-based mission segments
  • Model and assess telecommunications system performance including link budgets, network throughput, latency, availability, routing, QoS, and resilience strategies
  • Define interfaces and integrate products across space vehicle communication payloads, ground entry points, teleport gateways, fiber backbones, and cloud hosting environments
  • Develop analyses, assessments, visualizations, and documentation used to brief internal leadership and external customer stakeholders
  • Collaborate with government, contractors, and multi-organization mission partners to identify system risks, capability gaps, and technology improvement opportunities
  • Contribute to modeling and simulation activities and to integration of analytical data with MBSE and digital engineering artifacts across the digital thread ecosystem
  • Required Skills/QualificationsTS/SCI with polygraphBS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline 12+ years of experience in telecommunications engineering, satellite communications, Optical communication systems, or network engineering
  • Experience with free-space optical links and optical space-to-ground transport
  • Knowledge of transport security technologies, encryption devices, and network resiliency techniques
  • Understanding of DoD SATCOM, commercial SATCOM, relay networks, or proliferated communications
  • Strong interest in furthering research into emerging telecom standards and technology (quantum, on-orbit compute, etc)
  • Strong communication skills for briefings to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Desired Skills/Qualifications
  • Familiarity with orbital analysis or network simulation tools
  • Experience modeling telecom system performance including link budgets, throughput, availability, bandwidth, and resiliency
  • Experience developing and maintaining MBSE models
Expected Salary Range: $175,000 - $205,000 per year. Placement within the range is determined by qualifications, job-related criteria, experience, internal equity and market considerations. In addition, FTS International, LLC has benefits offerings in addition to salary to include Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections. FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - vets/disabled.

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