RF Communications Engineer

Job not on LinkedIn

🔥 3 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $210k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

👻 Ghost score 0%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Columbus Technologies and Services

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2001

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Aerospace • Defense • Healthcare

Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc. is a U. S. -based technical services company that provides engineering, science, technology, and talent services primarily to government and research customers. It specializes in aerospace work (spaceflight instrument and mission engineering, space and Earth science, mission operations, data analytics, and IT) and also offers biomedical research, health IT, health policy and compliance support, and national security services including data analytics, cybersecurity and intelligence training, analysis, and operations. Columbus supports federal agencies such as NASA, NOAA and other national research and defense customers.

📋 Description

• Design communication systems for satellite systems in lunar orbit, deep-space, satellite, and other mission applications • Define communication subsystem requirements and allocate requirements across spacecraft, payload, and ground system interfaces • Develop RF communication subsystem architectures, interfaces, and test activities • Develop and analyze communication link budgets to verify mission performance requirements • Define and implement communication waveforms, modulation schemes, coding/FEC techniques, and synchronization methods • Perform RF system modeling, simulation, integration, testing, and troubleshooting • Conduct communication performance analyses, including Eb/No, carrier-to-noise ratio, throughput, coverage, access, and link margin assessments • Ensure communication subsystem designs comply with applicable constraints, standards, and requirements • Collaborate with systems, software, avionics, GNC, payload, and ground systems engineers on communication system integration

🎯 Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field • 5+ years of experience in communications or related fields • Experience developing communication subsystem requirements and interface definitions • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment • Offer contingent on successfully passing a background check and drug screen • Experience with lunar, deep-space, or satellite communication systems • Experience with Software Defined Radios (SDRs), optical, and/or RF communications systems • Experience with communication analysis tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or equivalent • Experience with test equipment including spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes • Familiarity with government standards, CCSDS protocols, and spectrum management activities • Experience supporting communication subsystem integration, verification, environmental testing, and mission operations

🏖️ Benefits

• W2 position with full benefits • Remote position • Ongoing employment duration • Background check and drug screen process specified