Payload Analyst

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**

As part of the Payload Engineering Team, you will have the following responsibilities:

- Be part of Engineering team working with Navigation Payload team;
- To support the pre-developments activities related in the areas of Navigation Payload, Signal and Performance;
- To support development and procurement phase of NAV Payload equipment;
- Contribute to internal and R&D activities for the design, modelling, architectural trade-off and performance assessment of advanced payloads;
- Carried out analysis and simulation for payload performances;
- Contribute to the development/usage of section related laboratory facilities and analysis/simulation tools;

**Skills & Experience **You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience**:

- PhD or Masters degree in Navigation, Telecommunications, Microwave or RF Electronics Engineering;
- Propensity to participate in the team work and cooperate with other team members;
- Knowledge of Telecommunication systems, Galileo and others GNSS Systems;
- Very good knowledge of analog and digital signal processing;
- Very good knowledge of software and simulation tools and programming (Matlab/Simulink, C/C++, Python);
- Promoting cooperation and team-working, problem solving;
- Fluency in English is mandatory;