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Antenna and Submm Testing Engineer
2018-11-26 20:30:53| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking to further enhance our team by adding an Antenna and Submm Testing Engineer You will be based at our clients premises in Noordwijk, Netherlands. In this large European Agency you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities. Your Tasks Include The general responsibilities of the engineer will be as follows Preparing and monitoring Research and Development activities in the field of Antennas. A diverse range of tasks will have to be carried out by the contractor within the above activity domain, encompassing hardware, software and system aspects. Provide antenna technical support to ESA projects. This includes inhouse design and tradeoff studies to support both developments and reviews. Tasks will require the analysis and design of reflector antennas and arrays and the calculation of the interference effects between antennas and the spacecraft structure. Supporting the Antenna Test campaigns within the ESTEC Antenna Measurement Laboratory, including test definition, test execution and delivery of datatest report to the customer Perform testing activities in Spherical, Planar, Cylindrical Near Field, Compact Range and Material RF Characterisation facilities, including test plans and test setup preparation, operation of the test ranges and analysis of test results Perform research testing activities that challenge the current stateoftheart in space antenna measurements, aiming at enabling new testing capability and fulfil the needs of future ESA space missions in all space applications Earth Observation, Navigation, Science, Telecommunications, Human Space Flight and Space Transportation Support the Antenna Measurement Laboratory Maintenance and Equipment Calibration activities Support to Antenna Design and Modelling activities Handson antenna modelling support to projects. Your Profile The successful candidate should have the following qualifications and experience A university masters degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering with major emphasis on Electromagnetics. Experience in the following areas At least 4 years of relevant industrial work experience in antenna technologies and experience in antenna testing with at least some in the space domain Good working knowledge of Near and Far field antenna testing systems Capability for performing activities related to all aspects of testing and integration of antenna systems in an autonomous way General understanding of measurement uncertainty and accuracy Experience in maintenance and calibration of general RF antenna laboratory test equipment and instrumentation Experience with handling of space hardware is considered an asset Good working knowledge on antenna systems and design approaches Good working knowledge on latest antenna design and modelling software tools Fluent in English knowledge of another ESA memberstate language is an asset Proactive attitude to solving problems Good organisational skills. Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU REFERENCE RTCTECEFA00490 LOCATION Noordwijk, Netherlands CONTACT recruitmoltek.com CLOSING DATE 19th December 2018 MOLTEK has been serving the space and aerospace industries since 1995, providing international consultancy services for a wide variety of clients from private and public corporations to national and international authorities and agencies. For more detailed information about MOLTEK go to www.moltek.com
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