Senior Digital Comms Payload Engineer Verified today
What you will do
- Define digital subsystem architectures across satellite payload and ground communication systems
- Translate high-level product and system requirements into scalable digital processing capabilities
- Collaborate across payload, network, air interface, and security domains to deliver cohesive digital designs
- Support future waveform and communication standard evolution including DVB-S2X and 3GPP NTN
- Assess emerging FPGA, ASIC, SoC, and chiplet technologies for suitability within space-grade environments
- Lead Digital-in-the-Loop (DIL) modelling and prototyping activities to validate performance, latency, and power targets
- Derive compute resource requirements including throughput, memory bandwidth, LUT utilisation, and DSP allocation
- Define and govern high-speed digital interfaces including JESD204, SpaceWire, and high-speed Ethernet
- Support integration of secure hardware capabilities including encryption, secure boot, and resilience mechanisms
- Translate architectural concepts into actionable specifications and interface control documentation for implementation teams
- Provide technical oversight across firmware and hardware development activities to ensure alignment with system intent
What you bring
- Strong understanding of digital system architecture and high-performance processing within communication systems
- Capability to define and integrate complex digital subsystems across space and ground environments
- Knowledge of FPGA, ASIC, SoC, and emerging silicon technologies used within advanced processing systems
- Understanding of digital signal processing concepts and their application within satellite communications
- Familiarity with Software Defined Radio (SDR) architectures and regenerative payload concepts
- Ability to translate system requirements into compute resource and hardware utilisation needs
- Knowledge of high-speed digital interfaces including JESD204, SpaceWire, and Ethernet
- Understanding of signal integrity, synchronisation, and high-speed data transfer considerations
- Awareness of how digital processing impacts RF system performance including beamforming and pre-distortion techniques
- Proficiency in modelling and simulation using MATLAB, Simulink, or Python for system-level validation
- Understanding of hardware resilience and secure design principles within high-reliability or space-grade environments
- Systems-thinking mindset with a structured and analytical approach to performance, scalability, and technical trade-offs
Location
Didcot, GB. You must have the legal right to work in your chosen location.