Radio Frequency System Engineer Volunteer

• Volunteer position

• Remote Position.

• Being based in/around Delft or Vienna or able to travel is a plus

About us:

Team Tumbleweed is a new space pioneering team of young scientists and engineers from across the world, with the main goal of disrupting conventional Martian exploration methods, by developing a swarm of foldable, lightweight rovers. Our innovative approach will reduce cost, risks and will provide valuable scientific data from different points in space-time of the Martian surface.

Job description:

We are looking for highly motivated and result orientated power conditioning engineers on a volunteering base, that will be a part of a dynamic team responsible with designing the Electrical Power System onboard our Tumbleweed Rovers. The job itself comes with technical challenges given the innovative and trailblazing nature of our mission.

Soft skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English.

• Good communication abilities and comfortable with working in a diverse and multinational team environment.

• Solution driven and technical enthusiast

• Passion for space exploration and innovation

• Having an intrinsic motivation of solving challenging problem.

General task to be performed:

• The design, development and test of spacecraft transponder module and antenna on-board applications. This work encompasses the definition of the mission communication architecture, the transceiver and receiver module together with their interfaces with respect to the power distribution system, onboard and data handling computers.

• Performing analog and digital signal processing techniques analysis, defining physical and data layer and data bus topologies.

• The development of simulation blocks for system analysis within its Martian environment (transceiver, receiver , RF front-end, antenna, power management system) useful for the independent evaluation of critical power budgets and data rates.

• Support to laboratory activities concerning design and development or verification of hardware-in-loop test architectures.

• Active involvement in critical R&D activities supported by simulation of communication windows and data rates, worst case analysis and laboratory testing of the overall system or of the most critical sub-components.

• Participating in make-or-buy decisions by systematically performing trade-off analysis and market research for potential sub-components candidates.

To successfully perform the above mentioned task, the following background/ experience is required:

• Bachelor degree in Signal or RF Electronic Engineering. A Master or PhD degree will be an asset.

• Familiar with:

  • Telemetry, tracking and command systems

  • Analog and Digital Electronics. RF Electronics is an asset

  • Digital communication techniques, signal processing techniques and secure communication techniques.

  • High speed payload data transmitters

  • Transponders and PCB design.

• Experience in the development of computer models based simulators. Python modeling is an asset.

• Good knowledge with digital and analog electronics and digital communication techniques, signal processing techniques and secure communication techniques.

What we offer:

• Work in a dynamic, international and collaborative environment.

• Possibility of publishing technical academic papers and participating in space related conferences.

• Networking and propelling your career in aerospace engineering with companies like European Space Agency, Airbus, Voestalpine etc.

• Check other perks and apply on the following: https://www.teamtumbleweed.eu/apply/