Senior Active Antenna Systems Engineer — RF & Beamforming

Thales Alenia Space; Roma; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Alenia Space is seeking an Active Antenna System Engineer in Rome, Italy to contribute to advanced RF, digital and power systems for space applications. You will collect requirements, drive trade-offs, and model active antennas across lifecycle stages, collaborating with suppliers and customers.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, has expertise in RF/digital beamforming, Matlab/Simulink, and familiar with Keysight SystemVue and AWR/MWO-VSS.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering.
• Background in RF, digital and power engineering.
• Fluent professional English.
• Mastering of Digital BeamForming architectures is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect requirements and needs from stakeholders and formalize them into models and requirement specifications.
• Drive trade-off activities for RF, power, and digital architecture, taking into account the state-of-the-art availability of technologies.
• Perform the flow down of antenna requirements to subassemblies, including RF Front-Ends, RF Amplifiers, Power Supply Units, Digital Control Units, BFN, and harness.
• Model active antennas using the most suitable tool depending on the Lifecycle stage.
• Support IVV-Q activities.
• Interface with internal and/or external suppliers to ensure delivery in line with performance, quality, schedule, and cost required by the Program.
• Interface with internal and external customers for reviews.

Skills

RF engineering

Digital beamforming

Power engineering

Matlab/Simulink

Antenna system modeling

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Hardware/software integration

Education

Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

KeySight SystemVue

AWR/MWO-VSS

Job description

Thales Alenia Space is seeking an Active Antenna System Engineer in Rome, Italy to contribute to advanced RF, digital and power systems for space applications. You will collect requirements, drive trade-offs, and model active antennas across lifecycle stages, collaborating with suppliers and customers.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, has expertise in RF/digital beamforming, Matlab/Simulink, and familiar with Keysight SystemVue and AWR/MWO-VSS.