Design and specify satellite navigation payload systems, document requirements and interfaces, coordinate external contractors, manage development progress, and assess system risks and quality.
About this role
This systems engineering role sits in the Future Space Systems Business Division's positioning program and supports the LEO-PNT and LNSS satellite initiatives. LEO-PNT is a low-Earth-orbit positioning system intended to complement or replace GNSS; LNSS is a lunar positioning system using weak signals for nanosecond-level synchronization. The engineer owns the high-stability time and frequency subsystem in the satellite payload, which underpins positioning accuracy.
Responsibilities include designing, developing, and verifying onboard time-control systems; evaluating atomic clocks and other high-stability oscillators; coordinating with suppliers; and designing satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground synchronization architectures. The role also covers PLL and frequency-distribution circuits, NTP and White Rabbit protocols, and analysis of frequency stability, phase noise, Allan deviation, and time-error budgets. The listed environment includes Linux, Python/MATLAB, precision frequency-measurement equipment, GitHub, and Git.
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