Director, Modem Engineering

Director, Modem Engineering

Logos Space is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system purpose-built to serve the connectivity needs of the commercial enterprise users and government users. We will help fill an important gap in the market, providing resilient, high-performance satellite-based connectivity services to enterprise and government customers worldwide. Business customers have contracts with agreed-upon performance standards for their broadband, and Logos will build these capabilities into the system from the beginning. Speed and reliability are the foundation of the system. Logos is designed to extend cloud and data center network connectivity anywhere in the world to fixed, seaborne, and airborne terminals.

Logos is led by a team of highly experienced engineers with proven track records in the networking and satellite industries.

Position Summary & Responsibilities

The Director, Modem Engineering is a high profile role and this engineering lead is responsible for conceiving, planning, partnering and executing the waveform designs, protocol stack designs and the analysis, fixed point design, implementation, integration and test for the whole of Logos payload, terminal and ground systems. Hence, a big part of the role is to give definition and meaning to this function in the Logos context, sizing it properly, simplifying it when necessary and then building the team and, through the team, and along with partner teams, owning the production readiness of the Logos system design. This person is also responsible for working through implications of various hardware & firmware platform choices and then making the final decisions that would give the best modem & protocol stack outcomes at the fastest program speed. The lead is responsible for solving all problems relating to satellite dynamics across all modem states across a wide range of payloads. In this role you will have direct visibility all the way up to the CEO.

You should be prepared to work and thrive in a fast moving environment where you are comfortable taking vague ideas and turning them into executable actions for the entire integration and systems test team. We are seeking Engineering leads who like to solve very hard problems!

The full responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the overall waveform, stack and modem platform decisions and implementation, integration and subsystem testing for all payloads across all the parameter space
• Responsible for the production quality and production readiness of space flight hardware, from a function and performance perspective, of the Logos Space system
• Responsible for bringing great ingenuity to waveform and receiver designs to operate various payloads across a wide range of operating conditions
• Own modem and protocol stack design and testing timelines through conception and all phases of design and development
• Responsible for conceiving, planning and building all the labs needed to scale to the proper subsystem testing of the Logos Space baseband system in both the transmitter and receiver hardware
• Responsible for planning software and hardware releases relating to the modem and protocol stacks both prior to the first launch and continuously thereafter through multiple generations of the system

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer science or a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with significant relevant experience in system design, integration and test of large hardware and software systems
• A minimum of 15 years designing waveforms, modem and receiver design, development and test - and an ability to bring ingenuity to solve uniquely hard problems
• Significant professional experience with team building and managing, especially in a startup context
• Significant professional experience with team and function planning - including all the operational aspects of owning a full function
• Significant experience in satcom and / or terrestrial wireless system design, integration and test
• Hands on software or hardware experience (assembly, integration, and test) in either professional or academic settings
• Proven track record of working with software or hardware systems through the entire product life cycle. Starting from conceptual designs and trade-offs through detailed design, development, manufacturing, integration, testing, deployment, and operations in a team setting.
• Significantly experience in organizational, written, and oral communication and experience working with other strong functional leads

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D degree in Engineering or Computer science or a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with significant relevant experience in system design, integration and test of large hardware and software systems
• 15+ years experience with wireless systems design, integration and test
• 5+ years experience with leading system integration and test teams
• Experience doing above in fast paced startups
• Experience with building teams in a small company context
• Experience in delivering products to production