TT&C Engineer

Job description

Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description: TT&C Engineer in the RF Payload Architecture, TT&C Subsystem and Digital Equipment Section, RF Payloads and Technology Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. The Section covers the specification, design, development and verification/testing of: - telecommunication payloads and subsystems, microwave and millimetre-wave remote sensing instruments, and navigation payloads exploiting analogue, digital and optical onboard technologies; - telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) subsystems, payload data transmission (PDT) subsystems including deep space and near-Earth transponders, proximity and intersatellite (ISL) link equipment, high-speed downlink modulators and digital communication equipment (or “TT&C/PDT subsystems” for short); - radio frequency digital equipment for telecommunication/navigation payloads, radio frequency/microwave and millimetre-wave remote sensing instruments and radio frequency subsystems (e.g. TT&C, PDT and ISL), as well as payload signal and data processing techniques. Duties: You will report to the Head of Section and within the technical fields described above, yo...