OverviewLead the RF system architecture for spaceborne microwave radiometer payloads, guiding from concept to verification and commissioning.
You will work within the Microwave Instrument Engineering Team to shape end-to-end instrument design across current and future missions.
Expect challenging trade-offs between RF performance, mass, power, and thermal constraints, with close collaboration across ECSS-aligned milestones.
This role offers hands-on leadership in modeling, testing, and flight readiness, contributing to impactful Earth Observation capabilities.
Compensaciones / BeneficiosVacation days plus additional days-off
Attractive salary
Hybrid model of working
Life insurance
Health insurance
Employee stock options
ResponsabilidadesDefine baseline RF architectures for spaceborne radiometer payloads (L-band to sub-THz) and perform technical trade-offs
Design and optimize high-sensitivity RF front-ends and calibration subsystems with end-to-end budgets
Develop high-fidelity EM and circuit simulations (ADS, CST, HFSS) to validate concepts under flight conditions
Generate and maintain Verification Control Documents (VCD) and lead TRL assessments and ground support equipment specs
Lead payload AIT,



environmental validation campaigns, and define in-orbit commissioning roadmaps per ECSS standards
Represent RF engineering in ESA/customer milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TRB) and drive technical baselines for proposals
Requisitos principalesMaster in Telecommunications Engineering or related field with 5–10 years in remote sensing microwave instrument design for space
Strong knowledge of passive microwave sensing, brightness/noise temperature theory, calibration topologies, and antenna interfaces
Proficiency with RF simulation tools: ADS, CST, HFSS
Proven technical leadership and ability to interface with customers
Fluent English; Spanish valued; French or German desirable
Experience with space engineering standards (ECSS, MIL-STD, CCSDS) and RF flight equipment testing
Requirements management experience (IBM DOORS) and willingness to travel
technical leadership
strong customer interfacing
high autonomy in multi-project environments
RF architecture definition and trade-offs
RF front-end and calibration subsystem design
system modeling and simulation (EM and circuit-level)

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