Archangel Lightworks is a connectivity company building wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. We’re passionate about improving humanity’s communications infrastructure and solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Our start-up is a fast-paced and supportive environment, where you can make your mark as part of a growing team and work on the cutting-edge of innovation.
We’re looking for a Systems Analysis & Simulation Engineer to join our experienced engineering team and deliver transformative laser communications technology. You will be responsible for performing simulation and analysis to optimise optical Space-to-Ground communication links and services.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Development and testing algorithms for forecasting link availability based on meteorological forecasts and terminal sensor data
- Link performance estimation, optimisation based on expected conditions and analysis of empirical data to enable continuous improvement
- Develop and utilise Archangel Lightwork's laser communications network simulation tool to assess network level performance of optical communication systems, supporting site selection and network architecture development. This includes use case, scenario and KPI definition, analysis of large simulation datasets, and optimisation of simulation efficiency
- Generate technical reports, visualisations, and presentations to communicate results to internal and external stakeholders
- Support the development & testing of other analysis and simulation tools to improve product performance and service delivery.
Requirements:
- 3 years of experience
- Has developed complex models & simulations in MATLAB/Simulink, ideally using meteorological data, of involving networks/communications
- Has experience developing/testing/analysing empirical data
- Has experience processing and analysing large datasets efficiently
- MATLAB & Python experience.
Desirable additional skills:
- Satellite communications, lasercom experience
- Understanding of optical turbulence and associated modelling tools
- Understanding of orbital mechanics, satellite constellations, and NTN networks
- Experience developing link budgets and associated tradeoff analysis
- Experience using ML/neural networks for meteorological analysis, forecasting, network traffic or network modelling.
Location: Our office is based in Osney Mead, Oxford. There will be opportunities to work from home as agreed with your line manager.
Compensation & Perks:
- The opportunity to make a difference building cutting edge technology to support a world-changing vision
- Options for hybrid working and custom arrangements that matter to you
- 25 days annual leave allowance plus bank holidays
- Equity options in a growing start-up
- Investment in you to help you grow, with training resources and budget
- Supportive team culture with high levels of ownership and responsibility
- Regular socials and weekly team lunch
- Variety of additional perks including learning and wellbeing app subscriptions.
We recognise that many candidates use AI tools when applying. Please ensure your application reflects your own experience, skills, and thinking. We assess applications based on authenticity and accuracy, so anything generated with AI should be reviewed, personalised, and representative of you.
Skills Required
- 3 years of experience
- Developed complex models and simulations in MATLAB/Simulink, ideally using meteorological data and communications networks
- Experience developing, testing, and analysing empirical data
- Experience processing and analysing large datasets efficiently
- MATLAB experience
- Python experience
- Satellite communications and lasercom experience
- Understanding of optical turbulence and associated modelling tools
- Understanding of orbital mechanics, satellite constellations, and NTN networks
- Experience developing link budgets and tradeoff analysis
- Experience using ML/neural networks for meteorological analysis, forecasting, or network modelling
What We Do
Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company building high-volume, secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. Today, space and terrestrial networks are not well-connected leading to insecure, insufficient, and vulnerable infrastructure. Nearly 3 billion people are unconnected and many more are under-connected. Subsea cables, which form the backbone of global network infrastructure, are at risk from climate disaster and bad actors. Links between satellites, which offer an opportunity for resilient connectivity, and the ground are reliant on radio, which is bandwidth constrained, finite and not secure. Archangel Lightworks was set up to solve the space-ground connectivity problem. Wireless laser communications (lasercom) technology offers new solutions; however, adoption of the technology has been slow due to availability concerns, lack of interoperability standards, difficulties associated with lasercom on the move, and high production costs. Our tech solves these problems. We are driving down the size, weight, power & cost (SWaP-C) of optical ground equipment to make space-ground lasercom available and affordable. Our core product, TERRA-M is a miniature optical ground station which is approximately the size of a mini fridge. Compared to traditional networks such as radio, the TERRA-M allows more licence-free data transferred at low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of interception (LPI). TERRA-M brings deployable, resilient connectivity to wherever it is needed, solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Archangel Lightworks is based in Oxford, UK and Archangel Lightworks USA is based in Orlando, Florida.
