Intern: Active Phased-Array RF & Calibration

EU Satellite Centre (SatCen); Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 6,700 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

ESA's ESTEC in Noordwijk, Netherlands seeks an intern to work in the Antennas and Sub-millimetre Waves Section. You will contribute to RF modelling, antenna design, and calibration techniques for active phased arrays, and explore real-time reconfigurable arrays with nulling.

The internship focuses on learning, hands-on modelling in MATLAB, and practical RF system analysis. You must be a university student in your final or penultimate year of a Master's program and remain enrolled for the entire

Qualifications

• University student, preferably in final or penultimate year of Master's study.
• Must be enrolled at university for the entire duration of the internship.

Responsibilities

• Conduct literature review on calibration techniques for active phased arrays and build a MATLAB model of an active array.
• Investigate real-time reconfigurable arrays with nulling and assess performance, beamforming and interference mitigation.

Skills

RF modelling

Antenna design

Calibration techniques

MATLAB

Education

Master's student

Tools

HFSS

CST

TICRA

ADS

Job description

ESA's ESTEC in Noordwijk, Netherlands seeks an intern to work in the Antennas and Sub-millimetre Waves Section. You will contribute to RF modelling, antenna design, and calibration techniques for active phased arrays, and explore real-time reconfigurable arrays with nulling.

The internship focuses on learning, hands-on modelling in MATLAB, and practical RF system analysis. You must be a university student in your final or penultimate year of a Master's program and remain enrolled for the entire