About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting a Microwave/Mm-Wave Technology and Equipment Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC).

Sapienza has been a partner of ESA for almost 30 years, and we pride ourselves in supporting a wide range of missions including Galileo, MTG, Copernicus and ExoMars. Our team is international with activities across the U.K., the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Responsibilities

• Development, operation and maintenance of the Time and Frequency laboratory in ESTEC and its associated analysis/simulation tools
• Development of test beds and software tools for the control and performance characterization of Time and Frequency equipment such as atomic clocks, timing references, oscillators, time and frequency transfer,etc.
• Contribute to the generation of innovative ideas in the field of Time and frequency equipment and technologies and to the definition of ESA R&Dprogrammes
• Maintain state-of-the-art expertise by monitoring the technological trends and applying them in the day-to-day tasks

After an initial period of training, you will also be tasked to:

• Develop test beds for the characterization of spaceborne RF equipment for GNSS, Telecom, Earth Observation and Science missions
• Provide technical support to ESA Projects and R&D activities in the area of timing, synchronization and development of time and frequency equipment

Profile

• Master’s degree in Physics, Microwave, Telecommunications or Electronics Engineering
• Minimum of 4-year relevant experience
• Experience in the development, operation and maintenance of time and frequency systems/sub-systems, e.g. in timing laboratories
• Solid knowledge of time and frequency equipment, components and technologies
• Good interpersonal skills, customer focus and ability to work autonomously
• Experience in testing RF equipment and/or RF Payloads is considered an asset
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU