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Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer
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FTS International, Inc.
Chantilly, VA (In Person)
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FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics. FTS has an opportunity for a Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer in Chantilly, VA. The Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer will support the development, modeling, analysis, and integration of advanced telecommunications architectures that include space relays, space-to-ground communication systems, ground station terminals, terrestrial transport networks, and cloud-hosted mission services. Responsibilities Perform engineering analysis and design assessments for end-to-end communications systems, including space, ground, and cloud-based mission segments Model and assess telecommunications system performance including link budgets, network throughput, latency, availability, routing, QoS, and resilience strategies Support architecture development for RF and Optical space relay networks, space-to-ground communications, crosslink solutions, and global terrestrial transport paths Evaluate network architectures leveraging IP networking, SD-WAN, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and secure enterprise networking technologies Define interfaces and integrate products across space vehicle payloads, ground entry points, teleport gateways, fiber backbones, and cloud hosting environments Develop analyses, assessments, visualizations, and documentation used to brief internal leadership and external customer stakeholders Collaborate with government, contractor, and multi-organization mission partners to identify system risks, capability gaps, and technology improvement opportunities Contribute to modeling and simulation activities and to integration of MS&A data with MBSE and digital engineering artifacts across the digital thread ecosystem Required Skills/Qualifications TS/SCI with polygraph BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline 10+ years of experience in telecommunications engineering, satellite communications, RF/Optical communication systems, or network engineering Understanding of DoD SATCOM, commercial SATCOM, relay networks, or proliferated communications Experience modeling telecom system performance including link budgets, throughput, availability, bandwidth, and resiliency Engineering analysis experience involving data organization, interpretation, and performance evaluation Strong communication skills for briefings to technical and non-technical audiences Desired Skills/Qualifications Experience with free-space optical links and optical space-to-ground transport Experience with cloud architectures Familiarity with STK, MATLAB, Python, or network simulation tools Knowledge of transport security technologies, encryption devices, and network resiliency techniques Experience developing and maintaining MBSE models FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - vets/disabled.