As a Payload System Characterization Integration and RF-Test Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to integrate and test the Kuiper-Modem. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Project Kuiper’s to integrate ASIC, HW, RF, and SW in one single product solution. You will be part of the lifecycle of the development and deployment of the final integrated product.

As a member of Kuiper Payload System Characterization team, you will be responsible for integrating the various subsystems RF, modem, SW-stack, etc. to build the product. During this process you will be conducting tests, validating each sub-system functionalities and optimizing the end-to-end system behavior.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
• Integrating various communication Modem functionalities into a single system; from RF (air-interface) to the top layer of the communication stack
• Specifying and defining test plans to cover the system functionalities with its diverse use cases
• Building various test beds to enable system testing; e.g., setups of antenna, modem, measurement equipment, etc.
• Configuring test equipment for automated operation: satellite link emulator, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, etc.
• Interpreting test results, troubleshooting issues, performing root-cause analysis for any test failures
• Specifying with other teams, the various KPIs and metrics required to span the whole system characterization