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Systems Engineer

Fort Belvoir, VA · On-site

$80 - $100/hr

SUMMARY The Systems Engineer shall provide technical consultation, training, and support to IT ... Minimum of 10 years of experience in SATCOM, local area network/wide area network terrestrial ...

S UMMARY The Systems Engineer shall provide technical consultation, training, and support to IT ... Minimum of 10 years of experience in SATCOM, local area network/wide area network terrestrial ...

... the-Move, and SATCOM networks. The engineer will lead configuration, validation, testing ... For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision ...

... SATCOM networks. The role includes configuration, validation, testing, documentation, and ... For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision ...

... SATCOM networks. The role includes configuration, validation, and testing of tactical network ... For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision ...

Network Systems Planner

Lansing, MI · On-site

$80 - $100/hr

Develop the Master Net List, validate spectrum requests, coordinate COMSEC and radio/SATCOM ... Experience with cyber/signal scenario management and MSEL integration At Trinity Global Consulting ...

Engineer Hardware 1

Boulder, CO · On-site

$128K - $169K/yr

SATCOM ground terminals RF over Fiber systems High-power transmitters and antenna systems Ability ... Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include; Advisory, PLM Software/Services, Program Management ...

Engineer Hardware 1

Boulder, CO · On-site

$128K - $169K/yr

SATCOM ground terminals RF over Fiber systems High-power transmitters and antenna systems Ability ... Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include; Advisory, PLM Software/Services, Program Management ...

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As of Sep 9, 2026, the average hourly pay for satcom consultant in the United States is $49.72, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $24.28 and $62.50 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer

Chantilly, VA • On-site

$125 - $150/hr

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Posted 21 days ago


Job description

FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support.To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy onour staff.We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI)focused onindependent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics.

Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer in Chantilly, VA

The Space Systems Telecommunications Engineer will support the development, modeling, analysis, and integration of advanced telecommunications architectures that include space relays, space-to-ground communication systems, ground station terminals, terrestrial transport networks, and cloud-hosted mission services.

Responsibilities
  • Perform engineering analysis and design assessments for end-to-end communications systems, including space, ground, and cloud-based mission segments
  • Model and assess telecommunications system performance including link budgets, network throughput, latency, availability, routing, QoS, and resilience strategies
  • Support architecture development for RF and Optical space relay networks, space-to-ground communications, crosslink solutions, and global terrestrial transport paths
  • Evaluate network architectures leveraging IP networking, SD-WAN, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and secure enterprise networking technologies
  • Define interfaces and integrate products across space vehicle payloads, ground entry points, teleport gateways, fiber backbones, and cloud hosting environments
  • Develop analyses, assessments, visualizations, and documentation used to brief internal leadership and external customer stakeholders
  • Collaborate with government, contractor, and multi-organization mission partners to identify system risks, capability gaps, and technology improvement opportunities
  • Contribute to modeling and simulation activities and to integration of MS&A data with MBSE and digital engineering artifacts across the digital thread ecosystem
Required Skills/Qualifications
  • TS/SCI with polygraph
  • BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline
  • 10+ years of experience in telecommunications engineering, satellite communications, RF/Optical communication systems, or network engineering
  • Understanding of DoD SATCOM, commercial SATCOM, relay networks, or proliferated communications
  • Experience modeling telecom system performance including link budgets, throughput, availability, bandwidth, and resiliency
  • Engineering analysis experience involving data organization, interpretation, and performance evaluation
  • Strong communication skills for briefings to technical and non-technical audiences
Desired Skills/Qualifications
  • Experience with free-space optical links and optical space-to-ground transport
  • Experience with cloud architectures
  • Familiarity with STK, MATLAB, Python, or network simulation tools
  • Knowledge of transport security technologies, encryption devices, and network resiliency techniques
  • Experience developing and maintaining MBSE models

FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - vets/disabled.

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