Test Engineer, Satellite Hardware

About Lynk

Lynk is the inventor of satellite direct to standard phone technology or sat2phone and has the world’s only commercial license from the FCC to operate a commercial sat2phone system. Today, Lynk allows mobile network operators' subscribers to send and receive text messages to and from space via standard unmodified, mobile devices. Lynk’s service has been tested and proven on all seven continents, has regulatory approvals in more than 30 countries and is currently being deployed commercially based on more than 40 MNO commercial service contracts covering approximately 50 countries.

Our technology will enable all 8 billion people on the planet to stay connected with the existing standard phone in their pocket. Everywhere. No matter what.

By joining Lynk, you will have the opportunity to directly touch the lives of billions. Your mission will be to bring mobile broadband to billions, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty, and save countless lives.

Job Summary

As a Test Engineer, Satellite Hardware at Lynk, you will wear many hats in the world of electronics and RF hardware and software. The immediate role of the Test Engineer will be to support testing of the payload hardware in the lab environment. While playing with all this hardware on a bench, you will probably need to pick up a soldering gun, assemble circuits on a breadboard, and use an oscilloscope, vector network analyzer, and spectrum analyzer.

Core Responsibilities

Because Lynk is a small company, the Mechanical Engineer will be involved in Mechanical and Thermal engineering work.

• Integrate space and lab hardware electronics and design test beds, fixtures, procedures, etc. for operational verification of hardware and software technologies.

• Design, develop, specify, and maintain hardware and software for Electronic Ground Support Equipment aka EGSE to be used to support satellite payload verification, particularly before, during, and after functional and environmental testing.

• Bench-level work with electronics to debug and troubleshoot issues that arise during testing, including functional and environmental testing.

• Working alongside engineers and technicians, Inform the design, development, and optimization of the company’s operational testing procedures and policies for our Production and research and development campaign for our space technology.

• Automate testing and data collection tools to ensure testing can be done reliably and repeatedly.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or better in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or similar degrees.

• 5+ years of experience as a Test Engineer.

• Hands-on experience with single-board computers, microcontrollers, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs, SoCs, software-defined radios, and/or antennas.

• Ability to generate schematics and read and understand datasheets for integrated circuits and electronics.

• Working knowledge of electronic components and test equipment.

• Experience using Linux based systems.

• Experience with standard RF lab equipment is required: Oscilloscopes, Spectrum and Vector Network Analyzer, Multimeter, etc.

• Programming Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as, C++, C, Python, MATLAB, etc.

• Must have good communication skills and be able to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• 7+ years of experience working on projects doing design, integration, or test of space hardware.

• Experience with GD and T and tolerance analysis.

• Experienced and highly proficient in 3D CAD software, ideally SolidWorks.

• Must be good with computers. Fluent in Windows; Proficient with Microsoft Office - Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word.

Preferred Qualifications, Testing Experience in areas such as

• EMI testing RE 102, RS103.

• Vibration Testing, Experience with GEVs.

• Familiarity with ethernet, serial and or CAN communication protocols.

• Recent participation in projects developing space payload hardware and software, preferably communications systems.

Job Location

Washington, DC area