- Pasadena, California, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- $206K–$251K per year
- 8+ years
Lead development and research in advanced communications and signal processing for NASA/JPL spacecraft instruments.
Compensation
$206,128 - $250,536
Responsibilities
- Lead development of new business opportunities, including proposals, technical approaches, and strategic initiatives
- Drive research and development in areas such as RF and optical digital modems, adaptive signal processing, optical receivers and arraying systems, advanced modulation and encoding/decoding, synchronization, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and ranging.
- Plan, lead, and execute technical tasks within the Advanced Communications & Networking Group
- Provide technical leadership and oversight across the group and the institution, guiding capabilities, aligning efforts across teams, and representing JPL in collaborations with external partners
- Contribute to defining capability goals, strategy and long-term technical direction
Requirements
- PhD in electrical engineering, Signal Analysis or similar disciplines
- Master’s degree in similar disciplines
- Bachelor’s degree in similar disciplines
- Nice to have: Recent JPL experience in task and/or project management relating to telecommunication systems
- Nice to have: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with JPL technical sections and divisions