RF Engineer

Delft

Full time (40 hours per week)

Medior-Senior

About this job

We are currently looking for an RF Engineer to join the team in Delft .

You will be working within the Defence & Security business unit, where we are working on innovative solutions that leverage space technologies. You will be active in the domains of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA). In these domains we are developing antenna array technologies for various applications, for example for GNSS RF interference mitigation, satellite surveillance and tracking or Solar radio burst monitoring.

Common application areas include Defence, Space and Critical Infrastructure. Typical activities involve system requirement definition, design of analog circuits, digital processing chains, antenna elements and array configurations, selection and integration of RF components, and software development focused on system control and signal processing. PCB design, electronics integration, system testing, verification and validation will be common, both in the lab as well as in the field.

This position provides the opportunity to work and think across domains, find overlapping technologies, design innovative solutions and contribute to product development in a dynamic, high-tech organization.

RF Engineer

Main responsibilities

This position provides the opportunity to work and think across domains, find overlapping technologies, design innovative solutions and contribute to product development in a dynamic, high-tech organization.

• Define requirements based on stakeholder input and design RF systems to meet these requirements
• Develop, implement and integrate hardware components into low-Size Weight and Power (SWAP) applications
• Design test benches for test, verification and validation of our hardware systems
• Lead small projects and tasks in large projects
• Support and guide colleagues in RF system development

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or extensive work experience equivalent to these qualifications
• Experience with RF system design, including antenna technology
• Experience in PCB design and testing
• Strong communication skills in English, both verbally and in writing. Dutch is an advantage
• Affinity with working for Defence. Possibility to obtain security clearances (Dutch, NATO, EU) is a must

Please note that if you do not hear back from us within 10 days of your application, you may assume that we have selected another candidate we would like to interview for this position. We do our best to get back to you individually, however, due to a high volume of responses, it can be that we have not been able to reject your application in person.

Are you enthusiastic about becoming our new RF Engineer?

Apply via our application form, or send your CV and motivational letter directly to .

Our story

At S[&]T we contribute to a safer life on earth by translating space data into valuable and actionable insights. We oversee data from instruments to application, and apply our expertise within our software frameworks, information products and consultancy.

Our society relies on space and scientific instruments for climate change monitoring, navigation, defence and national security, and other crucial services we all use in our daily lives. These instruments produce an enormous quantity of complex data, and our goal is to unlock its value.

We have more than 20 years of experience working on instrument calibration, the creation of data quality monitoring tools, the development of real-time data processing frameworks, and the development of application-specific algorithms. With this, we help organisations, governments and industries to strengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision making. We focus on the following domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security, Environment & Sustainability, and High-Tech Consulting.

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