Microwave Instrument Digital & Signal Processing Engineer

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An opportunity for a Junior Microwave Instrument Digital & Signal Processing Engineer has arisen within Airbus Defence and Space, Getafe (Madrid).

The selected candidate will join the Microwave Instrument Engineering Team, a cutting-edge multidisciplinary group delivering state-of-the-art payload solutions for space-based remote-sensing and Earth Observation missions. In this role, you will focus on the digital architecture, signal-processing pipeline, and data-flow algorithms that convert raw microwave radiometer measurements into calibrated satellite science data. As an early-career engineer, you will receive structured mentorship and practical training while contributing to both advanced feasibility studies and flight-model implementation phases.

The main tasks of the jobholder will be:

• Digital Architecture Design: Define on-board data-acquisition architectures and processing chains (digital down-conversion, filtering, radiometric calibration, and data compression), tailoring existing digital signal processors or proposing new building blocks.
• DSP Algorithm Development: Implement, optimize, and validate signal-processing algorithms (FFT, matched filtering, noise-reduction, error budgeting) in MATLAB/Python, preparing them for migration to embedded C/C++ or FPGA environments.
• System-Level Simulation & Modeling: Develop instrument performance simulators (MATLAB-Simulink, SystemVue, or equivalent) to evaluate data-rate budgets, dynamic range, latency, and system robustness through sensitivity and Monte-Carlo analyses.
• Prototyping & Laboratory Verification: Support FPGA/firmware prototyping, integrate digital processing units with RF front-ends, and execute hands-on laboratory testing (frequency response, BER, clock jitter, timing margins).
• Payload Interface Integration: Collaborate with RF engineers on ADC/DAC sampling interfaces and synchronize with flight software teams on telemetry packaging, data formats, and ground-processing requirements.
• Technical Documentation & Trade-Offs: Draft test plans, interface control documents, and verification reports, actively participating in multifunctional trade-offs (power, thermal, digital, RF) and future mission proposal efforts.

Permanent

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