Ground Segment Antenna Engineer - Gmv

Gmv; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 42.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Teleworking up to 4 weeks/year

Flexible start/finish times

Intensive hours Fridays and summer

Personalized career plan

Relocation package

Descripción de la vacante

GMV in Madrid is seeking a Ground Segment Antenna Engineer to design and evolve antenna subsystems for satellite missions. You will contribute to mission-critical communications between space and ground assets, with a focus on performance, reliability and feasibility.

The role offers hands-on engineering, cross‑functional collaboration, and a personalized career plan, with teleworking up to 4 weeks/year and relocation support.

Formación

• Hands-on experience with ground segment antennas.
• Understanding of RF chains and link budgets.
• Knowledge of ECSS standards and space lifecycle.

Responsabilidades

• Define and evolve ground antenna subsystems for satellite missions.
• Create and review technical requirements for antenna systems.
• Support procurement, integration and validation of antennas.
• Perform performance analysis including link budgets and tracking.
• Contribute to technical proposals and feasibility studies.

Conocimientos

Ground segment design

RF fundamentals

Satellite communications

Systems engineering

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Descripción del empleo

As a Ground Segment Antenna Engineer you join a multidisciplinary team to design and evolve ground segment infrastructures for satellite missions. You will help define robust antenna subsystems and contribute to mission-critical communications between space and ground assets. Your work supports institutional and commercial customers, including Galileo, with a focus on performance, reliability, and technical feasibility. This role offers hands‑on engineering with cross‑functional collaboration and opportunities to influence future ground station architectures.

• Teleworking up to 4 weeks/year
• Flexible start/finish times
• Intensive hours Fridays and summer
• Personalized career plan
• Relocation package
• Technical definition and analysis of ground antenna systems for satellite communications (TT&C, payload data, feeder links).
• Design and evolution of ground segment architectures with emphasis on antenna subsystems.
• Performance analysis including link budgets, RF chains, pointing accuracy, tracking performance, availability, and redundancy.
• Definition and review of technical requirements related to antenna systems.
• Engineering documentation preparation and maintenance (design documents, ICDs, technical notes, analysis reports).
• Technical support during procurement, integration, and validation of antenna systems.
• Participation in technical reviews with customers and subcontractors.
• Contribution to technical proposals and feasibility studies.
• Collaboration with other engineering domains (ground segment subsystems, networks, cybersecurity, deployment).
• Hands‑on experience in design, specification, integration, or validation of ground station antennas.
• Solid understanding of RF fundamentals and satellite communications.
• Knowledge of ground station antenna architectures (reflector antennas, tracking systems, radomes, RF chains).
• Knowledge of antenna control units and tracking systems.
• Experience in space sector projects (institutional or commercial).
• Familiarity with relevant standards (e.g., ECSS) and the space project lifecycle.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and requirements management.
• Good level of English.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• strong analytical thinking
• problem-solving
• team collaboration
• satellite communications
• ground station antenna architectures

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