Senior Payload Engineer

ReOrbit; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Support for relocation to Helsinki

Integration into Finnish society

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Helsinki is seeking a Senior Payload Engineer for its SiltaSat Project. This role involves designing communication payloads and requires extensive experience in RF and optical engineering, particularly for GEO satellites. Responsibilities include managing the payload design process and collaboration with various engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have a Master's or PhD and 5-10 years of experience in this field, with a proactive working style and strong English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in GEO communications.
• Experience in design or implementation of RF equipment.
• Fluent written and spoken English skills.

Responsibilities

• Architectural design of communication payloads including RF and Optical.
• Define and analyse different components of the telecom payload.
• Work with the AIT team for implementation activities.

Skills

Comms payload system architecture

RF equipment for telecom satellites

Digital processors for satellites

Data analysis and design documentation

System modeling and analysis tools

Education

Master or PhD in a relevant technical field

Tools

Electromagnetic simulation tools

Antenna simulation tools

Job description

The Senior Payload Engineer will mainly be focusing on our SiltaSat Project. We are looking at providing the same capabilities of a traditional GEO communications satellite in a smaller, more affordable, quicker to space offering. This role is based in our headquarters in Helsinki.

This person will join a team of experienced experts who are all contributing to the evolution of Small Satcom. They will work in the end to end system, across the full project life‑cycle from development and design through to AIT.

The end objective of Small Satcom is to enable communications, so this role is really important to the success of the projects. Therefore we are looking for someone with extensive experience in radio frequency and optical engineering (digital capabilities would be a big plus), working at both board and system level on communications payloads. As this project will be in GEO the individual must have previously worked on projects in this environment.

Responsibilities

• Being part of the technical lead team of telecom payloads for Small Satcom product.
• Architectural design of communication payloads including RF and Optical.
• Budgeting and maintaining the main parameters of each payload (Mass, consumption Dissipation and all relevant performance parameters).
• Manage and interface with the team members responsible for the other satellite subsystems.
• Define and analyse different components of the telecom payload, from passive units, RF active units to digital and optical components.
• Develop relationships with suppliers; to define the design and the manufacturing AIT required.
• Define and prepare SoWs and specifications, work with the program team to assure the implementation of the design through the planned activities.
• Solving problems along with the rest of the subsystems to assure an efficient implementation of the mission.
• Working jointly with the AIT team to design and implement all relevant activities for the payload at all levels (subsystem and satellite level).
• Test Specification and Procedures development.
• Subsystem documentation shall be performed based on the architecture, analysis and units.
• Subsystem AIT (Activities of Integration & Test) based on the architecture shall be developed.

Skills and Requirements

• Real-world experience with comms payload system architecture, requirements definition, flow down, tracking and performing system-level analyses.
• Experience of design or implementation of RF equipment used for telecom satellites (SSPAs, TWTs, distributed amplifiers, Phased arrays, passive units like filters, switches, etc.).
• Experience of design or implementation of digital processors (transparent or regenerative) for satellites.
• Ability to analyse data, derive conclusions, and manage design documentation as well as review and approve design changes.
• Master or PhD degree in a relevant technical field and at least 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in the GEO comms satellite.
• Experience in ground segment is a plus.
• Must have ability to trade-off and optimize performance, resolve complex technical problems, manage technical work with partners.
• Extensive experience with various relevant system modelling and analysis tools is a must (electromagnetic, antenna simulation, general purpose coding tools, etc).
• Autonomous and proactive working style and team work oriented.
• Knowledge and professional experience of the full lifecycle of space related implementation is a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken skills in English.

Location of the role

• This role will be based at our HQ in Helsinki, Finland. We support relocation to Helsinki, and integration into Finnish society.

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