Radio Navigation Engineer [26028]

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.

We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.

HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.

We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry. 

Key Tasks and Responsibilities              

As part of the Navigation Systems Definition Section, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Contribute to the overall PNT and Geolocation systems design, development and R&D activities led by the Navigation Systems Definition Section (TEC-SEN).
• Support to Navigation Projects (e.g., GALILEO, LEO-PNT, FutureNAV) and R&D activities in the fields of system, signal, receivers and performance for Positioning, Navigation, Timing (PNT) and Geolocation. This includes design, implementation and testing of systems, signals and receiver techniques, derivation of system and user performances, Galileo PRS and authentication services, and related techniques/algorithms.
• Contribute to the Agency's R&D strategy and research programs elaboration and implementation, among others, in the following areas: future PNT systems and concepts, LEO-PNT and Multi-layer PNT, 5G/6G NTN positioning, Moon/Mars/Solar PNT, Deep Space Navigation, Geolocation and RFI Monitoring, Space Receivers and receiver and signal processing techniques for improved accuracy, availability, reliability and resilience.
• Participation and active contributions to ESA activities supporting standardisation bodies and technical working groups addressing the aforementioned topics.
• Design, definition and follow-up of industrial contracts related to the aforementioned topics, including, for example, R&D activities, procurement of GNSS bread-boards and receivers for infrastructure or user technologies/test user segments.
• Support design, implementation, maintenance and operation of Radio Navigation equipment, complex Radio Navigation simulation tools and test facilities for testing features (end-to-end performances, receivers, etc.) in the aforementioned activities.

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• At least a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Physics or Aerospace Engineering a relevant discipline;
• Eligibility to obtain an EU personal security clearance from the relevant national authority.
• Background and solid experience, including hands-on experience on design, implementation and/or lab/field testing, in several of the following fields:

- GNSS/Galileo systems, signals and associated receiver technologies;

- Galileo PRS system, signals and receivers;

- GNSS/Galileo authentication;

- LEO-PNT systems, signals and receivers;

- Gubernamental, Telecom and/or EO/SAR satellite systems;

- Space Receivers and Deep Space Navigation;

- Geolocation and RFI Monitoring systems and techniques;

• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

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