About this job

We are recruiting a GNSS/RF Systems Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC). The successful candidate would be working withing the field of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in safety-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and engineering support to ESA in the frame of its activities aiming to enable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in safety-critical verticals (e.g. Railway, Maritime, Civil Aviation, etc.), develop and demonstrate the associated concepts, technologies, solutions and standards. This includes in particular:
  • Support and provide expertise to ESA in the frame of Working Groups, standardisation bodies, etc., survey and report to ESA the state-of-the-art and its evolutions
  • Support monitoring of industrial and R&D activities (participate to reviews, support the preparation of those activities, etc.)
  • Analyse and simulate performance, solutions and concepts to enable GNSS in critical applications perform and participate in field campaigns, experiments, etc
• Analyse, define, design and test concepts, technologies and solutions (existing or innovative) in the field of Position Velocity Timing (PNT) assurance using GNSS and other Position Navigation Timing (PNT) technologies
• Support ESA initiatives in the area of PVT & PNT with the update and/or development of SW, User Equipment algorithms, simulation tools (system, algorithms, etc.) and testbed involving software
• Testing of commercial solutions using laboratory tools and field trials
• Analyse, define, design and test concepts, technologies and solutions in the field cybersecurity for Radio Frequency (RF) systems, covering transversally all application and scientific domains
• Support ESA initiatives in the field cybersecurity for Radio Frequency (RF) systems with the update and/or development of algorithms, simulation tools (system, algorithms, etc.) and testbed

Profile

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience
• Strong background in RF systems
• Expertise in GNSS
• Knowledge of safety-critical applications
• Knowledge of PVT and PNT
• Knowledge of the field of cybersecurity for Radio Frequency (RF) systems would be considered as an asset
• Eligible and willing to obtain a personal security clearance under EU regulations
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 8th July to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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