Telespazio Belgium

Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled TT&C – Payload Data Transmission Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What is expected from you:

  • The candidate shall support the Head of the RF Payload Architects, comms subsystems and digital equipment Section for the following matters:
  • Contribution to the engineering work in the field of RF communication subsystems (e.g. TT&C, PDT, ISL subsystems) in support to ESA Projects, which includes:
  • Supporting Staff in interfacing with Projects (and Studies). This includes:
  • Providing expertise to support Projects (and Studies) throughout all project phases;
  • Performing and documenting relevant analyses;
  • Supporting the implementation of industrial project activities;
  • Supporting and performing “in-house” design and trade-offs to support projects pecific technology developments;
  • Supporting the implementation of industrial project activities;
  • Carrying out computer simulations at system/subsystem level for the assessment of end-to-end RF comms subsystems and TT&C/PDT subsystems performance;
  • Providing hands-on RF comms subsystems modelling and testing support to projects, which will require proper coordination with the corresponding Laboratory Service.
  • Supporting and contributing to meetings and reviews.
  • Identification, implementation, validation, and operation of the relevant section tools, which includes:
  • Providing expertise related to the software, hardware and data related tools;
  • Participating in the development, validation, deployment and maintenance of relevant internal software tools and databases;
  • Liaising with Technical Responsible for the proper configuration of software / hardware either developed in the service itself or originating from external activities.
  • Operating the tools for the purpose of supporting Projects or ESA R&D activities.
  • Support to Staff in the implementation of R&D activities in the technical domain. This includes:
  • Providing technical inputs to the definition of technology roadmaps and contributing to relevant reviews and meetings;
  • Monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends and maintaining stateof-the art expertise in RF comms subsystems;
  • Providing inputs to documentation and meetings / reviews, conducting relevant technical analyses;
  • Contribute to the definition of technical requirements and statements of work for the tasks to be performed by industry from early conceptual studies to full hardware development;
  • Reviewing output from industry / academia and providing inputs to the ESA Technical Officer. This includes – when relevant – the conduction of software or of hardware tests in a Divisional laboratory, which will require proper coordination with the corresponding Laboratory Service;
  • Supporting the ESA Technical representative in meeting with industry / academia;
  • When required, organizing ad hoc meetings with industry / academia and reporting on their outcome to the ESA Technical representative.
  • Activities shall be reported through inputs to the Section activity report and ad hoc presentations when relevant.
  • In the frame of these functional tasks, technical activities are expected to include:
  • Specification, design, development, verification/acceptance of TT&C/PDT subsystems, including their associated EGSE and related equipment (e.g. receivers, transmitters, transponders). Design and implementation of associated functions and techniques within the TT&C/PDT subsystem, in particular: modulation, signal synchronisation, digital signal processing, error control coding;
  • Support to Projects, throughout all phases, regarding the follow up of industrial activities and procurement of TT&C/PDT subsystems and associated EGSE and equipment, and as part of R&D activities;
  • Apportionment of requirements and generation of specifications from subsystem downto equipment and antenna;
  • Study and implementation of new architectures, technologies and techniques for TT&C/PDT subsystems; support the harmonisation process on TT&C/PDT subsystems and technologies;
  • TT&C/PDT subsystems assembly, integration, testing (AIT), characterisation and validation activities;
  • Development of simulation tools and associated paradigms in support to the design, development and performance evaluation of TT&C and PDT subsystems;
  • Implementation of laboratory activities associated to testing, characterisation and performance assessment of TT&C and PDT subsystems.within the TT&C/PDT subsystem, in particular: modulation, signal synchronisation,
    digital signal processing, error control coding;
  • Support to Projects, throughout all phases, regarding the follow up of industrial activities and procurement of TT&C/PDT subsystems and associated EGSE and equipment, and as part of R&D activities;
  • Apportionment of requirements and generation of specifications from subsystem down to equipment and antenna;
  • Study and implementation of new architectures, technologies and techniques for TT&C/PDT subsystems; support the harmonisation process on TT&C/PDT subsystems and technologies;
  • TT&C/PDT subsystems assembly, integration, testing (AIT), characterisation and validation activities;
  • Development of simulation tools and associated paradigms in support to the design, development and performance evaluation of TT&C and PDT subsystems;
  • Implementation of laboratory activities associated to testing, characterisation and performance assessment of TT&C and PDT subsystems.

What you offer:

  • University Master’s degree in Microwave, Telecommunications or Electronics Engineering,
  • Several years of experience in the architectural definition, analysis, design, development and testing of RF Payloads and/or Microwave/Millimeter-wave Instruments, including applications such as Telecommunications, Earth Observation and/or Navigation.
  • Very good knowledge of Radio Frequency Payloads and Microwave/Millimeter-wave instruments architectures and technologies, including telecom transparent and regenerative payloads, phased array antennas and beamforming, T/R modules.
  • Very good knowledge of payload (digital) signal processing on-board techniques and technologies, (e.g. digital beamforming, channelization, modem, …)
  • Very good knowledge of end-to-end RF payload performance assessment and signal quality analysis, Very good knowledge of modern computer systems, simulation and modelling tools, programming languages,(e.g. Matlab, Phyton)
  • Knowledge of telecom, earth observation and navigation signals is an asset,
  • Experience on RF Payloads and/or Microwave Instruments Assembly, Integration and Testing.
  • Experience on procurement of RF Payloads and/or Microwave instruments is an asset.

What we offer

  • A competitive salary
  • 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
  • Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
  • Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
  • Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
  • A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;
  • A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
  • Travel allowance;
  • Extensive relocation package

Where:

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC

When

Deadline to apply: 22/01/2025

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!

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