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Pasadena, California, United States
Onsite
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The JPL Communications and Instruments Division perform scientific investigations, advanced technology research, engineering developments and system implementations encompassing space telecommunications, tracking and active remote sensing using electromagnetic waves.
The Flight Communications and Tracking Section provides cost-effective space communications systems, software defined radios, high power RF amplifiers, and power supplies that support primary telecom subsystems and major radar and radiometer science payloads. The section also provides Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) flight equipment, radiometric science instruments, high stability frequency standards and clocks and seismometers for NASA/JPL missions. In addition to flight hardware expertise, the section specializes in collection of and processing of worldwide, fixed site, GNSS data that is processed into clock, atmospheric, and ionospheric GNSS correction metrics. The section also develops high stability frequency references and clocks for flight and ground applications.
The Flight Communications & Tracking Section at JPL is looking for a Software Engineer III to join their Software Defined Radios Group to support flight software development and implementation for the Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping, and In-Situ Exploration (PROMISE) telecom subsystem. The Group leads the development of software / firmware defined digital flight electronics for telecom, radio metrics, and radar support applications. Work includes development and implementation of flight signal processing algorithms, complex spacecraft interfaces, and various data transfer and communications protocols that enable and support telecom, radar science, instruments, and spacecraft safety and health. Group members work on all phases of product development from early concept, low technology readiness specification and prototyping to engineering and flight model development and implementation, functional and environmental testing, and flight operations support.
PROMISE is a NASA lunar rover mission intended to explore the lunar south pole as part of the Moon Base program. As the PROMISE telecom Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, implementation, test, and delivery of the Boot Code Software and the Application Software designs that are part of the Universal Space Transponder (UST) radio family. You will be a member of the multidisciplinary implementation team consisting of approximately 7 full-time equivalent employees, industry partners, and subcontractors. You will report programmatically to the PROMISE Telecom Product Delivery Manager or the PROMISE Radio Cognizant Engineer and administratively to the Group Supervisor of the Software Defined Radios Group (362B).
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The hiring range displayed below is specifically for those who will work in or reside in the location listed. In extending an offer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory considers factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s job related skills, experience, knowledge, and relevant education/training.
The typical full time equivalent annual hiring range for this job in Pasadena, California.
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