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Lead RF Product Design Engineer, Deep Space Radio Transponder
2019-09-25 18:18:18| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Join us for a fresh new challenge designing hardware to fly beyond Earth orbit! We are looking for a veteran engineer who can lead a small design team to specify, develop, test, qualify and initialise manufacture a lowcost deepspace radio transceiver and ranging transponder. You will be an instrumental member of a small team building out a full avionics stack product. The operation is new, based in Luxembourg as a spinoff of Deep Space Industries California and Bradford Space Netherlands. Our team in Luxembourg will be kept small 10 people and will focus on the single objective of building a reliable, performing, and massoptimised flight avionics system for upcoming deepspace smallsats and landers. You would lead the development of a radio subsystem for this stack. The operation will aim to be a blend of the responsible, highquality engineering practises of Bradford while implementing the rapid iterative development methods and dynamic workplace culture of a NewSpace style startup. Essential skills Very strong background in radio design principles and underlying physics Proven track record of building and delivering working hardware prototypes and final products Extensive knowledge of available radio technologies, parts, processes and techniques Systemslevel engineering skills, capable of making highlevel engineering and economic tradeoffs Proficient English language skills Strongly valued Deep knowledge of the space environment, spacecraft radio systems, and the unique aspects of radio design in space Effective ability to technically manage a small team 24 people Understanding of space hardware quality standards and the qualification process Prior experience working with ground stations or ground segment equipment Familiarity with modulation schemes, encoding SDR design aspects Practical knowledge of GaNbased MMIC amplifiers Awareness of presently commercially available space radio systems and an appreciation of customers needs when selecting and using a radio system Buildfortest design, and hardwaresoftware test campaign development execution Buildformanufacture design experience Key responsibilities Specify and setup radio engineering workshop Feasibility study and requirements generation Design, prototype, test and qualify radio system Deliver to manufacturing stage, within two years, a performing, qualified product Manage radio team other resources Manage product programmatic aspects schedule, risk, costs Liaise with other avionics products teams to integrate with overall system Liaise with ground segment partners for combined spaceground tradeoffs What we can offer in return We offer you the chance to develop a completely new radio system that will enable a new class of deepspace missions. An opportunity to be a key part of exciting missions to the Moon and beyond launching in the near future. You would take on an influential role in a new, revenuegenerating company, with a mandate to focus on technical design and implementation on an aggressive development schedule featuring rapid hardware iterations. The position is in Luxembourg, a beautiful, cosmopolitan and welcoming country at the heart of Europe, and carries a competitive salary and performancelinked benefits Duty station Belval Luxembourg, with occasional travel needed We would usually expect candidates to have 1020 years experience in a relevant field. The role is open to candidates of any age, gender, orientation, that have or can get work authorization within the EU.
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