The Role
The RF Communications Engineer will design and analyze RF communications subsystems for lunar landers, ensuring compliance with regulations and supporting testing operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
ispace is looking for RF Communications Engineer to join our Avionics Team.
In this role, you will own and design the RF communications subsystem architecture and analysis efforts for ispace’s lunar lander current and future development projects, as part of the Avionics team. You will ideally have a broad knowledge base in RF analysis, design and integration including redundant and reliable communication paths, and a creative mindset. Your tasks will cover all phases of the projects, from helping the team define system architecture, to trade studies and component selection and procurement, supporting hardware/software integration and spacecraft-level tests.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in requirements specification phases
- Define RF subsystem architecture for future missions, equipment selection including trade studies for on-board as well as ground support equipment, with other design and analysis team members
- Perform RF subsystem analysis, including RF link budget analysis for space to ground, ground to space, and space to space links
- Be the technical point of contact for Japanese RF units vendors
- Ensure compliance with Japanese radiofrequency regulatory processes
- Define and perform verification of complete subsystem performance to show compliance with upper-level requirements
- Support mission analysis and operations activities
- Support integration, troubleshooting and testing
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills / Experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (microwave/RF/electromagnetic related studies), or equivalent
- Two or more years’ experience in RF path design for high-reliability applications, including equipment selection, RF link budget analysis
- Comfortable with electronics and RF testing equipment
- Experience in procurement and integration of RF communications components
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills / Experience)
- Master’s degree in Aerospace/RF Engineering or a related field
- Five or more years’ spacecraft RF design experience
- Small spacecraft and/or lander development, launch vehicle integration and test support
- Knowledge of space communication standards, in particular CCSDS
- Experience with supporting operations activities including ranging
- Experience with electrical ground support equipment
- Experience with ground stations and command and control networks
- Proficient written and spoken Japanese
Others
- The position is based in Tokyo, Japan, with testing activities to be performed in our offices.
- Hybrid work environment
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Top Skills
Electronic Testing Equipment
Microwave Engineering
Rf Communications
Rf Link Budget Analysis
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The Company
What We Do
ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence to outer space. The company is developing lunar landers and rovers to deliver customer payloads to the Moon and explore the lunar surface. In doing so, we aim to be a vehicle for companies on Earth to access new business opportunities on the Moon and ultimately incorporate the Moon into Earth’s economic and living sphere. The company is currently planning to its first mission to the Moon as early as Q4 2022.
