RF Microwave Engineer III

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The JPL Communications and Instruments Division perform scientific investigations, advanced technology research, engineering developments and system implementations encompassing space telecommunications, tracking and active remote sensing using electromagnetic waves.

The Flight Communications and Tracking Section provides cost-effective space communications systems, software defined radios, high power RF amplifiers, and power supplies that support primary telecom subsystems and major radar and radiometer science payloads. The section also provides Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) flight equipment, radiometric science instruments, high stability frequency standards and clocks and seismometers for NASA/JPL missions. In addition to flight hardware expertise, the section specializes in collection of and processing of worldwide, fixed site, GNSS data that is processed into clock, atmospheric, and ionospheric GNSS correction metrics.

The section also develops high stability frequency references and clocks for flight and ground applications.

The Flight Communications & Tracking Section at JPL is looking for a RF Microwave Engineer III to join their Frequency and Timing Systems Group . The Group provides the Deep Space Network (DSN) with precision atomic frequency and time references and distribution systems and operates state-of-the-art microwave and optical metrology references and test capabilities in the Frequency Standards Test Laboratory. As a member of this Group, you will have an opportunity to be involved with a diverse engineering team working in the development and implementation of advanced state-of-the-art frequency and timing systems (FTS).

• Develop unique ultralow noise and power efficient microwave oscillators and synthesizers; reliable resonant drivers for ion traps and discharge lamps; ultralow noise power efficient analog electronics for JPLs trapped ion frequency standards with the goal to reduce size and improve performance of the clocks if compared with the recently flown Deep Space Atomic Clocks
• Support development and maintenance of RF and microwave assemblies for the Deep Space Network Frequency and Time Subsystem (FTS) on a Cognizant Engineer level. Those include S-Ka bands Comb Generation Assemblies that produce thousands of equally-spaced ultra stable microwave harmonics used for the calibration of frequencies of the spacecraft tracking as well as radio astronomy signals.
• Develop, design, assemble and test electronic drivers for the following: high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) compact and power efficient atomic clocks, unique low noise optical and radio frequency systems, and compact rugged metrology devices and microwave photonic oscillators.

• Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Microwave engineering focus with a minimum of 6 years of related experience, Masters in a related discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience, PhD in a related discipline with…