# Senior Ground Station Systems Engineer

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $180,000-$240,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

Astranis is seeking a Senior Ground Station Systems Engineer to support the design, development, deployment, and operation of satellite ground systems across both commercial and U.S. Government programs.

The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of RF communications, satellite ground infrastructure, and systems engineering principles, along with experience contributing to technical proposals, cost estimates, and customer-facing solution development.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and support satellite ground station architectures, including antennas, RF systems, modems, networking, monitoring and control systems, and associated infrastructure.

- Perform link budget analysis and support system performance assessments for GEO and MEO satellite systems.

- Develop technical requirements, interface definitions, architecture diagrams, and system design documentation.

- Collaborate with spacecraft, network operations, mission operations, and software teams to ensure end-to-end system performance.

- Serve as a technical contributor for commercial and USG proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and white papers.

- Develop technical volumes, solution architectures, compliance matrices, and basis-of-estimate documentation.

- Support customer technical interchange meetings, design reviews, customer demonstrations and proposal presentations.

- Evaluate customer requirements and translate them into scalable, cost-effective ground segment solutions.

- Assist with technical risk assessments, schedule development, and cost estimation activities.

- Work closely with business development and program management teams during capture and pursuit activities.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in an applicable field in engineering

- 5+ years of experience in satellite communications, ground systems engineering, RF engineering, or related disciplines.

- Strong understanding of RF communications fundamentals, including link budgets, antenna systems, amplifiers and RF chains, modulation and coding techniques.

- Experience with RF electronics and communication systems including RF front-end equipment, back-end equipment, communication hardware, etc.

- Experience with antenna system design and operations including calibration, diagnostics, monitoring, etc.

- Experience using RF test equipment (spectrum analyzer and signal generator) and troubleshooting RF components.

- Experience supporting technical proposals, bids, captures, or customer solution development.

- Ability to develop technical documentation and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Willing and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

- Strong project management skills and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency.

- Willing to travel 20% of the time.

Bonus skills:

- Background in Digital Signal Processing (DSP), including modem design, waveform development, channelization, beamforming, or digital communications systems.

- Experience with FPGA-based signal processing platforms.

- Familiarity with GNU Radio, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, or SDR-based development environments.

- Knowledge of advanced SATCOM technologies including phased arrays, adaptive coding and modulation, and digital payload architectures.

- Experience with commercial and government proposals.

- Familiarity with antenna control units and tracking systems.

- Familiarity with spectrum management.

- Familiarity with networking (Ethernet, IP, TCP).

- Comfortable scripting, preferably in Python.

We offer:

- Base salary $180,000-$240,000 USD.

- Equity package via incentive stock options.

- High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

## Skills

### Required
- RF communications
- satellite ground infrastructure
- systems engineering
- proposal writing
- cost estimation

### Nice to have
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
- modem design
- waveform development
- FPGA-based signal processing platforms
- GNU Radio
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- Python
- SDR-based development environments

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