Applied Research – Junior electronics/electromechanics engineer

Aerospacelab is currently looking for an engineer in electronics or electromechanics who will contribute to the electronics, on-board software, and instrumentation aspects of synthetic aperture radar.

The engineer will be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of electromechanical, materials, mechanical, RF, and software engineers. She/He will own the design, implementation and verification of prototypes of a synthetic aperture radar with an initial focus on the timing of the transmitted and received signals and their modulation/demodulation. She/He will be part of Aerospacelab’s Applied Research multidisciplinary team, whose charter is to design and prototype new satellite payloads and products.

Duties :

• Design, prototype, capture schematics, bring prototypes to life, debug, verify functionality, and perform signal characterization of electronics systems and subsystems for a synthetic aperture radar
• Design and execute experiments to de-risk the technology
• Evaluate and characterize prototypes and FPGA/electronics/RF components
• Establish technology limits to understand the state-of-the-art from first principles
• Explore new concepts and build a shared expertise on synthetic aperture radar

Must have :

• Proven experience designing PCBs
• Proven experience working with FPGAs
• Breadth of knowledge and experience in electronics and physics
• Good problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Capacity to contribute to the full stack: write software, build instrumentation
• Capacity to operate autonomously in fast-paced environment
• Capacity to communicate clearly and openly with a broad technical audience
• Working level English

What we offer :

• A role that impacts the growth of the company, and contributes to the vision of our team’s products
• The opportunity to be an early member of the Applied Research team
• A world-class space start-up environment
• A pragmatic flat hierarchy
• The flexibility and autonomy of your work environment