Communication Systems Engineer

Please review the job details below.Maxar is currently seeking a Communication Systems Engineer to join our Communication Systems Engineering team in Palo Alto, CA. We are looking for a self-motivated engineer who can make an impact in a team of engineers who generate design requirements, spec flow, Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), test requirements and validation for the communications payload of the satellite.Responsibilities:

• Acts as responsible engineer for a subsystem or a major portion of a system, specializing in the Radio Frequency (RF) payload integration, test and verification of the payload.
• Develops system requirements and system specifications.
• Performs requirements analysis and system trade studies.
• Supports system architecture design and system level testing.
• Leads RF system level test activities.
• Develops methods, standards, plans and procedures for systems engineering tools and systems tests.
• Analyzes operational issues and problems and implements corrective actions.
• Monitors and manages technical, cost, and schedule performance on internal efforts of limited complexity.
• Contributes to portions of technical proposals.
• Introduces innovative or creative techniques and solutions in specialty areas.
• Leads the testing and troubleshooting of the RF payload during spacecraft integration and test.

• or permanent resident
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
• Minimum of 5 years of experience
• Understanding of and proficiency in the use of computer aided design tools

• Experience with C, VBA, or Python