Senior DSP & Digital Communications Design Engineer

Thales

Madrid, Spain

Mission:

The candidate will work in digital communication programs for space applications such as the communication between a Rover installed on the Moon and the communications unit or AI techniques applied to Satellite Images Processing.

The candidate will work integrated in a multidisciplinary team together with VHDL, SW and HW engineers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The candidate will perform the following tasks:

To evaluate the customer specification and perform the flow-down of these requirements (up/down conversions, digital filtering, modulation/demodulation, coding/decoding, NCO, interference mitigation) to VHDL specification;
To generate the MATLAB/Simulink models of the processing blocks when needed to detail the VHDL requirements, taking into account the translation from floating-point to fixed-point;
To review the Design, Development and Validation Plan of the FPGA according to the FPGA requirements or C-Microprocessors solution;
To participate in the C/FW-HW integration tests in order to ensure the correct implementation of the FPGA design with respect to the customer specification;
To participate in the unit design reviews with customers in an international environment as leader of the unit data processing performances;
To apply Artificial Intelligence to Space Applications such as image processing or communications optimization;
To participate in R&D activities related to new data processing techniques and new developments for space applications related to Signal Digital Processing.

Education:

Bachelors/Master degree in Telecommunication Engineer (MSc), or equivalent, with firm background on Signal and Systems theory, digital communications and electronics

Experience:

Good experience in designing and development of SDR/digital communication architectures and algorithms applied to communication systems: modulation schemes, error correction coding, characterization of communication links (channel distortion, EVM, BER, FER);
Good experience in Digital Signal Processing Design for Up/Down conversions, digital filtering, suppressed/reduced carrier and spread-spectrum digital modulation/demodulation, coding/decoding, NCO, interference mitigation, etc.;
Experience in designing of Signal Processing Algorithms (DSP), specification and performances evaluation oriented to FPGAs or Microprocessors. A deep understanding of floating-point to fixed-point algorithm translation is a must;
Experience in debugging the FW- FPGA solution or C-Microprocessors solution at laboratory during HW-FW integration;
Previous experience on Artificial intelligence and Machine learning algorithms applied to image processing and communications systems is nice to have;
Knowledge of FPGA, microprocessors and System on Chip devices (MPSoC, RFSoC);
Use of test instrumentation: Spectrum Analysers, Network Analysers, Signal Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, Data Patterns Generators, Oscilloscopes, BER meters.

Tools:

Simulation software: MATLAB, Simulink, HDL Coder;
Software Programming: C/C++, Python.

Languages:

Proficient in English;
Spanish knowledge recommendable.

Skills:

Team work, improvement spirit, pragmatic, results oriented, dynamic, accountable and proactive;
Capable of having an overall vision of the solution and to focus on each individual component;
Motivated to learn new technologies, and space-business processes and tools;
Capable to solve engineering problems within risk, cost & schedule constraints;
Valued Experience in Agile methodology;
Willing to face challenges;
Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.

Added Value:

Knowledge of VHDL simulation (pre-synthesis & post-layout verification);
Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence algorithms oriented to communication applications;
Experience in space sector. Knowledge of space programs design rules and standards;
Third language: French.

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