Electrical/Electronics Engineer

Space Applications Services

Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium

Position

We are looking for an Electrical/Electronics Engineer who will provide expertise in Electrical/Electronics hardware design and knowledge of data communication equipment, PCB tools and FPGAs, SoC and IP cores.

The successful candidate will also provide general supervision and guidance to junior engineers.

The position is in the Systems Department, Avionics & Embedded Systems Team (comprised of 6 persons).

The successful candidate will mainly report to the Avionics & Embedded Systems Team Lead.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Electrical and electronics design of spacecraft payload;
Technical specification of electronics subsystems;
Design of PCBs according to ECSS and/or IPC Class 3, including analysis and simulation;
Selection, procurement and qualification of COTS/HiRel electronics subsystems, EEE parts and PCB assemblies;
Prepare and perform electrical testing campaign (e.g. functional, performance, EMC, ESD);
Assessment of system reliability, failure modes and safety;
Collaborate across Teams and mentorship of junior engineers in areas of expertise.

Skills and Experience

A Master’s degree in electronics or relevant discipline;
Strong technical experience with at least 6 years in electrical/electronics engineering;
Experience in leading or mentoring peers and junior engineers;
Deep Knowledge of, and experience with:
- Electrical/electronics hardware design and analysis;
- Networking protocols and data communication equipment (e.g. switches, routers, 802.3, TTE);
- PCB design tools (e.g. Altium Designer), impedance matching (e.g. microstrip, stripline), signal propagation delay, parasitics definition, crosstalk minimisation;
- FPGAs, SoC and IP Cores (preferably in the space industry).
Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines;
Very good written and spoken English.

Considered as Assets

Payload development for ISS;
Embedded systems (e.g. microcontroller and FPGA based);
ECSS and/or IPC class 3 standards related to electrical and electronic systems design, manufacturing and testing;
Radiation SEU testing and FPGA circuit redundancy solutions (e.g. spatial, temporal redundancy);
Development of VHDL/Verilog for FPGAs and integrating IP cores in FPGA design.

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