GNSS SIGNAL IN SPACE ENGINEER

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 integrated Navigation Engineering team co-locatedin Rome working in G2G satellite, Lunar and LEO PNT opportunities in close cooperation with Payload team members Modelling, analyze, characterize the Navigation Signal-In-Space for the next generation GNSS End-to-End Navigation Satellite Payload modelling and simulation, including implementation of the specific payload architecture Identify improvement of the current GNSS Signal-In-Space and perform relevant trade-off between alternative solutions Define and implement algorithm and tools for Navigation Signal performance analysis; acquire knowledge, operating, maintaining of the current tools in the company Define, plan, conduct simulation campaigns to evaluate end-to-end Navigation Payload Performances, support trade-offs and Signal-In-Space evolutions; interpreter and analyze results Define, plan, conduct test campaigns to evaluate Navigation Payload Performances and validate relevant analyses Support the pre-developments activities related in the areas of Navigation Payload, Signal and Performance Support development and procurement phase of Navigation Payload equipment and contribute to Payload budgets Contribute to internal and R&D activities for the design, modelling, architectural trade-off and performance assessment of advanced Navigation payloads; Contribute to the development/usage of section related laboratory facilities and analysis/simulation tools; Maintain state-of-the-art expertise by monitoring the space Signal-In-Space trends and applying them in the day-to-day tasks Acting as technical interface with the Customer, including coordination of the Navigation Engineering Team, as needed; presentation of the achieved results in technical meetings in front of national and international stakeholders (industrial entities, customer, conferences); Skills & Experience  You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience.
PhD or Masters degree in Telecommunications, Communications, Electronic Engineering; Signal Processing, Phys or equivalent Deep knowledge of GNSS Signal-In-Space and Galileo SIS-ICD Deep knowledge on digital signal processing, encoding techniques and channel models Knowledge of Telecommunication systems, Galileo and others GNSS Systems; Knowledge of GNSS receiver processing and algorithms Propensity to participate in the team work and cooperate with other team members; Familiarity with measurement instruments for space applications in the domain of telecommunications and remote sensing; 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; Italian languages is desirable; At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs.
With Thales Alenia Space employing around employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad.
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