About this job

We are recruiting a Microwave Instrument System Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC). The duties of the Contractor are performed in liaison with a team of microwave instrument system engineers in the Future Missions and Instruments Division (EOP-8M) for the preparation of future ESA Earth Observation missions, in particular for new Earth Explorer/Earth Watchmissions, Copernicus Sentinels, operational meteorology missions, Missions of Opportunity, F-sats and Scout missions. They include :

Responsibilities

• Development/acquisition, validation and maintenance of performance assessment tools for various spaceborne microwave instruments encompassing both active (radars) and passive (radiometers) instruments.
• Translation of mission/observation requirements to instrument requirements; improvement and maintenance of data processing tools.
• Performance Assessment of active and passive microwave instruments during the study phases (0, A, B1).
• Participation in the preparation and monitoring of instrument system and technology pre-development studies together with industry

Profile

• Master’s in engineering or equivalent qualification in electrical engineering or physics with background in microwave engineering or electromagnetics theory
• At least 04 years of relevant work experience
• A good end-to-end instrument system understanding of microwave radar and/or radiometers.
• Demonstrated experience in the theoretical derivation and software implementation of instrument performance models
• A good understanding of digital signal processing techniques.
• General understanding of the modelling of wave interactions with the atmosphere and surface scattering.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and a stringent schedule.
• Practical experience relevant to the tasks described above is an asset.
• Good familiarity with programming languages and computer programs such as Python, MatLAB, ADS, Excel, etc
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 04/03/2021 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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