Satellite Ground Systems Engineer - Operations

KSAT Inc. 7600 E Eastman Ave, Suite 415 Denver, Colorado 80231 www.ksat.no

Contact:

Austin Cooner – US Director of Engineering

Introduction

With headquarters in Tromsø, Norway, Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) supplies ground station services for satellite communications. KSAT is the world’s largest supplier of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) and data acquisition services for non-geostationary satellites.

Founded in 1968, KSAT has grown to over 400 employees with an annual revenue of approximately $120M. About 50% of KSAT’s annual revenue comes from the US. The wholly owned subsidiary KSAT Inc. (aka. KSAT USA) is located in Denver, Colorado and is rapidly growing in response to strong US Government and industry demand for commercial ground segment services. As a result of KSAT’s continued growth in the US, more critical talent is needed.

Summary of Position

KSAT USA is seeking an early to mid-career engineer to perform real-time customer support and engineering root cause corrective action of satellite ground systems across a global network. This role will act as a technical resource for key customers in the USA, working closely with KSAT’s broader global engineering and program teams. Critical functions include performing radio frequency compatibility testing, customer onboarding, launch and early operations support, and providing anomaly resolution for cloud-based digital signal processing chains.

In the near term, the Satellite Ground Systems Engineer will be part of the US Operations Engineering team, in coordination with the global KSAT team, to ensure service level agreement uptime is met. The Satellite Ground Systems Engineer will work closely with KSAT USA’s suppliers, industry partners, and the end users to ensure successful operation of our global .

This position will report to Rob Craugh, US Operations Engineering Lead.

The role will be local to the Denver region with flexible teleworking opportunities. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.

Joining the KSAT Team means:

• Opportunity to work across the commercial, civil, and defense space industry
• Flexible work environment
• Experience in an international company with a global footprint and opportunities to work across cultures
• Engaging team: inspire small, dedicated, “A-class” teammates. Being part of a nimble and passionate “start-up” team, with the financial security and product technology readiness level of an established company – the best of both worlds

Compensation

The On-Target base salary range is between $90K - $120K.

Benefits Package Highlights:

• Four weeks of PTO annually
• $0 individual medical insurance with generous coverages
• Flexible working environment
• Fitness expense reimbursement program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• International travel opportunities

Details of the Role

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide real-time or near real-time support for anomaly events across the network, and interact with customer engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve those issues
• Execute face-to-face customer testing of baseband RF communications and network interfaces
• Onboard customers to the KSAT network, deploying their configurations from a centralized repository and ensuring performance through end-to-end testing
• Coordinate with the KSAT global technical and program teams to design, develop, and implement long-term solutions for challenging space-ground communications

Requirements

US Citizenship

Must be eligible to maintain a US DoD SECRET Clearance

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum
  • 2-years of demonstrated SATCOM experience developing, deploying, and/or testing space to ground RF systems to include narrowband TT&C and wideband mission data
  • In depth technical competency and experience designing RF communication systems including modulation/demodulation of SATCOM signals, front end processing of data (framing, encoding, and synchronization), and ground segment monitoring and control systems
  • Experience with operations support, to include real-time troubleshooting of customer issues in highly complex systems
  • Familiarity with public and private cloud architectures for digital signal processing including Solutions Architect certifications from AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Preferred
  • Previous experience with RF systems using space data standards such as CCSDS and DVB-S2
  • Hands-on experience testing RF systems to include the build-out and integration of digitizers, down/upconverters, software modems with customer supplied radios, signal generators, and/or spectrum analyzers
  • Experience deploying networked systems to transport digital IF over IP
  • Hands-on experience configuring Linux systems utilizing command line interfaces and shell scripting
  • Familiarity with RESTful API development and integration with external customer or supplier systems

Travel

• Travel is estimated at 20%
• Travel will be necessary to customer sites in the United States
• Travel will be necessary to Tromsø, Norway several times per year
• Travel to other global locations may be required on a case-by-case basis

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BS EE, CS, or Aerospace) or other technical discipline (BSEE/ME preferred), or minimum 5 years of equivalent work experience as substitute