RF Payload Systems Engineer

• Experience in any related projects with RF Payloads (Telecommunication, SAR, SIGINT, etc).
• Experience in STK, GMAT, MATLAB/SIMULINK or similar simulation SW packages.
• Knowledge of open geospatial application standards and formats (e.g. OGC's WMS, WMTS, API, etc. as well as STAC, COG, etc.).
• Knowledge of containerized applications (e.g., Docker).

Aistech Space is looking for a RF Payload Systems Engineer to be part of the Space Infrastructure Team in charge of designing, analysing, integrating and testing the new ENABLER payloads of our constellation.
This new position offers the opportunity to coordinate the interfacing between our ENABLER payloads with the new satellite platforms, as well as preparing the mission for daily operations in conjunction with the Ground and User infrastructure teams.
In this role, you are expected to deal with the different Aistech departments, suppliers, clients, R&D proposals, bureaucratic paperwork, launch plans and a long list of activities to push the company forward.
The main responsibility for this job position is leading technically a heterogeneous team of engineers/scientists/sw developers to deliver the next ENABLER payloads into orbit and ensure the best geometric and radiometric performance of the ENABLER payloads producing high-quality imaging products.
You will also be responsible to follow internal standards and good practices in terms of project management, documentation and time management following an agile approach in your daily work and ensuring the team is also doing it.

The daily tasks to be achieved in this position are:

• Understand Aistech Space's mission objectives.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of our satellites and payloads.
• Be part of the Space Infrastructure department in different phases: design and analysis, integration and testing.
• Be hands-on developing technical calculations to prepare payload budgets focused on RF systems KPIs such as RF link budget, power budget.
• Be able to research for new technologies, create prototyping ideas, be proactive in pushing new technology, operational ideas, calibration methods, system concepts, etc.
• Be able of writing your own code when needed, follow internal standards, make it testable and document it properly.
• Be part of the negotiation team, working closely with our partners and suppliers, understanding their proposal and adjusting it to our objectives.
• Keep the best communication between internal teams: ground, user and operations infrastructure teams aligned with business development.
• Recommend the adoption of new technologies, products, and services.
• Write articles regarding different areas of interest to be published in our Aistech News magazine and on our website blog.
• Actively engage in the development of documentation to build out the company procedures and specification manuals.

You will be working on-site in the headquarters offices of Sant Cugat in Barcelona. You will have an allocation of 6 days per month of remote working as per the internal policies of Aistech.

• BSc/MSc in Aerospace, Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunications or relevant degree.
• Open minded and extrovert, active learner and tolerant to criticism.
• Proven experience in a full cycle of a payload system in a satellite mission, from early phases until launch, preferably RF (L, S, X, Ku, Ka-bands, or Telecommunication, SAR/SIGINT payloads).
• Strong knowledge of RF performance budgeting.
• Knowledge of RF hardware design.
• Strong knowledge of payload technologies and satellite subsystems: power, comms, AOCS, propulsion, RF payloads, etc.
• Work on RF spacecraft architecture with various teams (e.g., FPGA, electronics, mechanical, software).
• Experience leading a team technically to deliver a payload into orbit.
• Basic experience in manufacturing, integrating or testing of prototype mechanical parts.
• Basic experience in payload and/or satellite verification engineering procedures / processes.
• Basic experience in ground support equipment for AIV testing (MGSE/EGSE).
• Basic experience in environmental testing of space hardware (vibration, acoustic, shock, thermal vacuum, EMC).
• Basic experience developing code in Python.
• Working knowledge of Linux.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Fluent in English.