The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), a national leader in scientific research and development located in Laurel, MD, seeks a Senior Spacecraft RF Communications Systems Engineer to perform RF systems level design, analysis and trade studies for NASA and DoD customers.

Description: In this role, you will perform systems design, link analysis, hardware trade studies, technology tradeoffs, and costing for spacecraft design concepts. As the lead, you will implement spacecraft communication systems by providing technical leadership over a team of engineers and support staff; support on-orbit operations and data trending on a part-time basis for near-Earth and deep space missions; and support spacecraft proposal development.

Required: Requirements include a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and minimum of 12 years direct experience in RF communication systems design. Strong working knowledge of the principles of digital communication theory. Excellent writing skills. Demonstrated leadership traits such as strong technical capability, clear thinking, good interpersonal skills, and effective communications skills.

Desired: MS degree and 15 years experience with near-Earth or deep space mission RF communication system development is desired. A background in detailed RF hardware development is desired. Experience in the NASA and/or DoD communities.

To apply, please visit our employment website @ www.jhuapl.edu/employment. Click on 'Search and Apply'and under 'Advanced Search', reference job requisition number 81431.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), a national leader in scientific research and development located in Laurel, MD, seeks a Spacecraft RF Communications Systems Engineer to perform RF systems level design, analysis and trade studies for NASA and DoD customers.

Description: In this role, you will perform systems design, link analysis, hardware trade studies, technology tradeoffs, and costing for spacecraft design concepts. As the lead, you will implement spacecraft communication systems by providing technical leadership over a team of engineers and support staff; support on-orbit operations and data trending on a part-time basis for near-Earth and deep space missions; and support spacecraft proposal development.

Required: Requirements include a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and minimum of seven (7) years direct experience in RF communication systems design. Strong working knowledge of the principles of digital communication theory. Excellent writing skills. Demonstrated leadership traits such as strong technical capability, clear thinking, good interpersonal skills, and effective communications skills.

Desired: MS degree and 10 years experience with near-Earth or deep space mission RF communication system development is desired. A background in detailed RF hardware development is desired. Experience in the NASA and/or DoD communities.

To apply, please visit our employment website @ www.jhuapl.edu/employment. Click on 'Search and Apply'and under 'Advanced Search', reference job requisition number 081282.

Description: As systems engineer, you will serve as the sponsor's technical advocate, applying your technical expertise in the design of satellite and terrestrial RF communications networks (including surveillance, and reconnaissance systems), to provide detailed analytical design assessments of large space and ground-based systems. Your work will consist of design reviews, validation, and supporting recommendations regarding key engineering decisions. You will work with the sponsor to produce actionable engineering strategies that account for existing technical constraints, status of legacy systems, programmatic considerations, and other practical realities. You will establish and maintain a position of technical leadership and trust with the sponsor and the sponsor's contractors and program representatives. You will evaluate RF and Satellite communications systems designs, including communications management and processing, and their corresponding automation needs. Evaluate status of mission and capability enhancements as a result of development activities and design changes. Recommend design changes based on system performance estimates and other findings. You will conduct analysis of technical alternatives, and quantify design trades. You will evaluate and characterize design and system performance, and provide oversight of independent contract engineering support and progress against several massive development efforts.

Required: BS in electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, or equivalent. Ability to collaborate and work well on interdisciplinary teams. At least 10 years experience performing detailed (bit level) communications systems analysis and evaluations. Ability to design, model, and simulate complex RF systems. Knowledge of communications protocols and processing methods. Ability to critically evaluate communications related algorithms and software. Very strong communication skills - verbal and written. Applicants selected will be subject to a Government security investigation and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include US citizenship.

Desired: Advanced degrees in related fields, related publications in peer-reviewed journals, participation on communications standards bodies. Experience with analysis of: Communications related process control, automation, data fusion, and distributed systems for coordinating activities. History of significant findings and community recognition. Familiarity with multiple communications technologies and associated processing algorithms. Some minimal local travel will be required.

To apply, please visit our employment website @ www.jhuapl.edu/employment. Click on 'Search and Apply'and under 'Advanced Search', reference job requisition number 61329.

APL’s Air and Missile Defense Department (AMDD) has an opening for an RF Missile Systems Engineer to analyze and evaluate RF-guided missile seekers, signal processing, and operating environments.

Description: In this role, you will develop and evaluate candidate design approaches for RF-guided missile seekers to include hardware components, waveforms and advanced signal processing algorithms. Develop mathematical models of RF sensors and operating environments for use in both stand-alone analysis and with a complex, high fidelity missile engagement simulation. Help formulate critical design experiments to demonstrate new RF seeker technologies and participate in data collection and reduction. Summarize study results in presentations to sponsors and industry and provide written documentation of work.

Required: Candidates must have the minimum of a Masters degree in electrical engineering, physics, or mathematics (or equivalent experience) and a background in digital signal processing, radar, stochastic processes, or simulation of complex systems.

Desired: Ph. D. in electrical engineering, physics or mathematics. Familiarity with Fortran, C, or C++ and UNIX/LINUX operating systems.

To apply, please visit our employment website @ www.jhuapl.edu/employment. Click on 'Search and Apply'and under 'Advanced Search', reference job requisition number 11278.