Tools/Equipment
Mandatory: PC literate, MS Office
Desirable: Matlab, Visual basic, ADS

Qualifications:
Mandatory: ONC/OND in an Engineering discipline or BSc in Engineering/ Electronics/Science/Mathematics
Desirable: Higher degree in Communications/Aerospace Engineering

Personal Qualities
Team player, well organized, communicative and determined, with a proven ability to work under their own initiative.

Outline Job Profile:
An RF Systems Engineer is required to perform satellite payload design activities in the field of telecommunications. The work encompasses: technical proposal writing; payload design and analysis in support of commercial bids and customization activities; payload system design for ongoing and potential future studies; contribution to strategic analyses to support the generation and maintenance of a payload product development plan. Some overseas travel will be essential

Specific Tasks to be Undertaken:
Specific tasks are likely to include several of the following:
Contribution to technical proposal writing including supporting the engineering aspects of communication payload proposals and studies
Supporting Astrium in direct discussions/negotiations with customers
Supporting the management and coordination of RF systems tasks on communications payloads during bid and customization phases
Communications system/payload requirements analysis and trade-offs of payload architectures
Communications payload RF system design and performance analysis
Support to equipment specification development
Support company strategy to develop and maintain a payload product plan
Liaison with customer representatives and participate in early stage design reviews and discussions