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SMTS - Hardware Electrical Engineer

$173.65k

EchoStar

Job Description

Job Description

Company Summary

EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We’ll launch your career and empower you to change lives.

Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.

Our Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play a vital role in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

SMTS - Hardware sought by Hughes Network System LLC. in Germantown, MD


Perform the lead role in the high-level electrical engineering design of Satellite Communication Systems hardware and components and plan and implement the engineering development effort for various sub-modules comprising the firmware necessary for satellite ground-station systems. Execute the high-level electrical engineering design tasks required for projects, including defining networking protocols and formats; defining system architecture and the interfacing between system components (gateways, terminals, etc.). Establish the functional requirements for proposed hardware and systems and select the parts and components to best meet the requirements. Recommend new engineering processes and optimization techniques to the organization’s management to improve the overall quality of satellite network operations, engineering design, and maintenance. Design engineering test cases and direct the integration testing for new or modified sub-systems or modules within the existing network hardware and firmware. Draft and present engineering reports describing the planned functionality, as well as trade-offs in proposed engineering designs. Create project schedules for the design, testing, and verification processes, and distribute task assignments within the project team.

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Requires: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field plus 4 years of experience in job offered or similar roles. Experience must include four years in each of the following (which may have been gained concurrently):

  • Schematic capture using Cadence software
  • Microcontroller programming using C language
  • Document creation in MS Word to capture design work
  • Lab equipment including multimeter, oscilloscope, and logic analyzer
  • Working knowledge of aeronautical modems and debugging factory issues and field returns
Benefits

Rate of Pay: $173,652.10


Benefits information available at


Please go to Enter the job number 2026-98737 in the Search Jobs field and follow the instructions to apply.

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