Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. As a Systems Engineer for Modeling and Simulation, this role is primarily responsible for developing and analyzing high level system resource allocation techniques for links to ensure optimal system performance from the capacity, coverage, power consumption and availability point of view.
Be part of the team defining the overall communication system and architecture of Project Kuiper’s broadband wireless network. This is a unique opportunity to innovate and define novel space communication network technology with few legacy constraints. The team develops and designs the communication system of Kuiper and analyzes its overall system level performance, such as overall throughput, latency, system availability, packet loss, etc., as well as compatibility for both connectivity and interference mitigation with other space and terrestrial systems.
This role in particular will be responsible for 1) evaluating complex multi-disciplinary trades involving RF bandwidth and network resource allocation to customers, within HW/SW capabilities and constraints, made time-dynamic by orbital motion, 2) developing both heuristic or solver-based algorithms, 3) demonstrating their viability through detailed modeling and simulation, 4) working with operational teams to ensure they are implemented. This role will be part of a team developing the necessary simulation tools, with particular emphasis on coverage and capacity, taking into account the yearly growth of the satellite constellation and terrestrial network.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
• Work within a project team and take the responsibility for Kuiper’s overall communication system design and architecture
• Extend existing code/tools and create simulation models representative of the target system, primarily in MATLAB
• Design interconnection strategies between nodes. Analyze link availability, and investigate link outages
• Use RF and optical link budgets with orbital constellation dynamics to model time-varying system capacity.
• Conduct trade-off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimization of resources (costs, power, spectrum), including optimization of satellite constellation design and link selection.
• Work closely with implementation teams to simulate expected system level performance and provide quick feedback on potential improvements
• Analyze and minimize potential self-interference or interference with other communication systems
• Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams
