About Elveo Elveo is what happens when two pioneers in direct-to-device (D2D) communications join forces. Elveo brings together a combined 20 years of expertise to close the coverage gap for more than 50 mobile network operators (MNOs) and major distribution partners operating in 60+ countries worldwide. That heritage and our technology powers what we call ‘elevated intelligence’ — a new approach that processes and adapts on orbit, delivering voice and data services straight to mobile users, IoT devices and machines across enterprise, government and humanitarian sectors worldwide. As a team, we’re on a mission to deliver powerful compute and connectivity directly to individuals and objects everywhere on Earth. Join us, and become part of a globally inclusive company that is transforming satellite communications from a niche service to an essential global infrastructure, and democratizing connectivity for billions worldwide. Ready to take the next step? Join us. Job Summary
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If you enjoy the challenge of wearing many hats and have a track record of creative thinking to solve unconventional problems, then we look forward to meeting you!
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Because Elveo is a small company, the RF/Electrical Engineer will be responsible for straddling engineering work in the domains of RF, electrical, mechanical, and software engineering.
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- Support design of spacecraft payload hardware, including single-board computers, SDRs, FPGAs, SoCs, processors, LNAs, filters, amplifiers, etc., and software design and development.
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- 8+ years of RF/EE experience.
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- Support selection and design of nanosatellite antenna technologies
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- Develop link budget analyses, simulations, traffic/capacity analysis, RF system design and dimensioning, coverage and frequency planning, etc.
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- Support spacecraft payload integration, testing, delivery to launch and spacecraft bus partners/vendors.
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- Designing and planning payload testing configurations on the ground when testing payload communications performance both in-lab and in-orbit.
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- Interface with Systems Engineering team to inform constellation/network architecture and design based on RF communications payload performance.
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- Bench level mechatronics work including testing, integration, assembly, programming and prototyping of electronics hardware and software.
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- Some software-based Systems Engineering analysis.
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- Supporting developing and maintaining technical documentation for payload design and development.
Requirements:
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- A Bachelor’s degree or better in RF or Electrical Engineering.
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- 7+ years of experience working on projects doing design, integration, or test of space hardware.
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- Experience working on projects developing space payload hardware and software, preferably communications systems.
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- Hands-on experience with software-defined radios, antennas, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs, SoCs, single-board computers, microcontrollers is highly desired.
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- Programming Proficiency in one or more programming languages is highly desired, such as, C++, C, Python, MATLAB, etc.
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- Should have experience working with Linux based systems.
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- Familiarity with VHDL or Verilog and Altera or Xilinx FPGAs is desired.
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- Proficiency with electrical design software, such as Altium is a plus.
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- Strong knowledge and understanding of RF air interfaces and their use of multiple access schemes such as TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, CDMA, etc. is highly desired.
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- Hands-on experience with integrating hardware and software systems is desired.
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- Must be good with computers. Fluent in Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX, very capable with Microsoft Office... Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word.
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- Hands-on experience with programming microcontrollers and SDRs is desired.