Senior Radio Telescope Systems Engineer

ngVLA Systems Engineer

to lead systems engineering for a next-generation radio observatory, translating scientific objectives into technical requirements and system architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering across antennas, receivers, signal processing, and data transport.
• Develop and maintain system-level requirements, architectures, and interfaces.
• Coordinate with scientists, hardware/software engineers, and global teams to ensure alignment across disciplines.
• Manage integration and test activities and track verification against performance goals.
• Ensure system performance, reliability, and scalability across the end-to-end system.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Strong systems engineering background with experience designing complex, high-performance scientific/communications systems.
• Ability to translate mission/science goals into robust technical requirements and architectures.
• Proficiency coordinating cross-functional teams and managing technical integration.
• Experience with validation/verification approaches to confirm system performance.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a research-driven environment.