Senior Site Engineer
Leads the design, construction, deployment, and live operations of a global ground-station network from the Los Angeles headquarters. The role requires 5+ years of relevant engineering experience, a bachelor's degree, hands-on field expertise, and frequent domestic and international travel.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Deploy antennas, power systems, racks, and infrastructure at ground station sites globally.
- Identify and acquire ground station locations while balancing system performance, deployment speed, and cost.
- Design site architecture, hardware, and deployment processes.
- Oversee live operations, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot issues.
- Coordinate deployments with internal teams, contractors, logistics providers, and network partners.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, civil, electrical, or related engineering.
- Willingness to travel to domestic and international ground station sites.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working across multiple engineering disciplines and with diverse teams.
- Success executing large projects on tight timelines.
- Construction or facilities experience.
- Hands-on field experience using basic tools.
- Experience reviewing system telemetry in an operations environment.
- Experience building or using dashboards and databases, such as Grafana and SQL.
- Ability to communicate clearly, track deadlines, and manage complex schedules.
- Working proficiency in non-English languages.
Skills
Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction, Facilities, System Telemetry, Grafana, SQL, Site Architecture, Project Management
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