RF Systems Engineer (32648)

Myticas Consulting


Date: 9 hours ago
City: Ottawa, ON
Contract type: Full time
As a RF Systems Engineer, you’ll be responsible for simulating and modeling the terrestrial and in-orbit communication systems for Lightspeed and support the definition of the architecture.

Main Responsibilities

  • Simulate and model communication systems
  • Work with system architects, RF engineers, antenna engineers, User Terminal and Landing Station engineers, to partition functions between hardware and software domains
  • Model RF link performance and manage link budgets accounting for impairments through the different elements in the system
  • Derive specifications for RF links and RF and antenna subsystems
  • Characterize and analyze system performance. Develop and maintain performance budgets
  • Provide technical support to regulatory, coordination, and market access teams

Education & Experience Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with emphasis in RF/microwave circuits or communication theory
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience RF communication systems
  • Knowledge of digital communication systems, spread spectrum, single and multi-carrier techniques, modulation types such as PSK, APSK, QAM
  • Specific experience with modulation standard such as DVB-S2X and DVB-RCS2, as well as with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) methods
  • Good experience in MATLAB or other tools for modeling and analyzing RF communication systems

Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Experience performing analysis and simulation of communication systems
  • Thorough understanding of RF passive and active components
  • Good understanding of active antenna beam forming technologies including digital beam forming, and fast beam hopping
  • Experience characterizing radio performance at microwave frequencies, including rain fade and its effects on the communication links
  • Knowledge of RF transceiver architectures and digital communication theor

, : Adam Gebara

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