RF Engineer

Job Description

At Alén Space, we are looking for a new team member to join the Electronic Development Department. This department is responsible for designing electronic devices and products for both the space and ground segments, as well as support tools (GSE), with a strong focus on radio systems. The selected candidate will be responsible for the design and verification of new RF products, particularly the analog frontend stage. This includes the transmission and reception chain, as well as the electronics required to create a self-contained unit (power distribution stage, communication interfaces with digital control systems, etc.). Additionally, the role involves providing technical analyses to assess the performance of the communication system and developing new concepts and architectures.

Position Tasks and Responsibilities

The selected candidate will have the following responsibilities:

Provide expertise in communication theory, including the evaluation of payloads, terminals, and ground station systems.
High-level design of radiofrequency components: amplifiers, filters, mixers, etc.
PCB design for RF devices.
Functional and electrical verification of developed devices.
Deliver technical analysis and simulation to assess communication system performance and to develop next-generation communication architecture requirements.
Evaluate the performance of ground and satellite systems, as well as communication links.
Analyze radio frequency interference between systems to ensure compatibility.
Support the systems engineering team in identifying new communication concepts and architectures.

Candidate qualifications and skills

Experience and Skills Required:

At least 2 years of experience in similar roles.
Proficiency in English.
Experience in communications and electronic systems.
Experience in RF device simulation.
Experience in verifying communication system parameters (noise figure, sensitivity, channel selectivity, BER, isolation, mutual interference, phase noise, intermodulation, EVM, IP3, OIP3, etc.).
Proficiency in operating and maintaining RF instrumentation equipment.

Valuable Assets:

Experience in testing according to quality standards (ECSS) and international certifications.
Knowledge in the design of RF components operating above 12 GHz (Ku to Ka bands).
Experience in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing.
Theoretical understanding of space communication concepts.
Knowledge of international radio regulations (ITU).
Familiarity with antenna design theory.

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About us

About Alén Space

Alén Space is a New Space company focused on the development of missions based on Nanosatellites as well as products and services related to them. Our mission is to help our clients to develop their business plan designing, manufacturing and operating satellites in order to execute the application they need.
While Alén Space is a new company, our team has been involved in several complete nanosatellite missions, from specification to delivery, during the last 15 years. Alén Space technical team is composed of systems engineers, electronic engineers, AIV engineers, software and operations engineers and project managers; with a large experience on IOD, communication, commercial and scientific missions, with private and public institutions such as the European Space Agency.
Alén Space’s value proposition resides in the flexibility and expertise of our team. We utilize our design and testing methodologies, which allow the use of components from various suppliers, to create the most suitable platform for the requested mission. During more than a decade, all our nanosatellites missions have been fully designed in-house, following the same multi-provider approach, resulting on a 100% success rate in orbit, for all launched missions.
At Alén Space, quality and flexibility in the design, manufacturing and testing are hallmarks of the company. The quality of the process is achieved through meticulous testing and verification processes, keeping traceability of all the executed activities. The flexibility is achieved thanks to the proximity relationship with our clients and to our supplier agnostic approach. This relationship aims not only at easing the communication process, but also at allowing our commercial clients to take an important role on the design aspects. In this line, we design the most flexible spacecraft platforms, to accommodate subsystem suppliers’ changes without heavily impacting the overall mission. Our systems and AIV engineers work closely with the client, in order to take decisions and involve them in the process.
Our team has enhanced a work method that applies the strict quality standards set by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). All of our management, system engineering and AIV processes are based on those standards.
Quality, Flexibility, Scalability, Proximity, Expertise and Success define all Alén Space values.
Do you want to orbit with us?
We offer the opportunity to join a challenging space project together with a self-motivated team with great experience in the design and manufacturing of small satellites!

Conditions

We offer a indefinite full time contract

If you are a proactive person and want to commit yourself to a present and future project, we hope to receive your CV.
For any other position you are interested in, you can check the following URLs:
[English] https://alen.space/careers/
[Spanish] https://alen.space/es/trabaja-con-nosotros/

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