VIE - Telecom System Engineer-Ground Segment in Space Engineering Rome (M/F)

Description de l'offre

VIE - Telecom System Engineer-Ground Segment in Space Engineering Rome (M/F)

Airbus Defence and Space Toulouse

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2017, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

The Volunteer for International Experience (VIE) program is an international program sponsored by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, open to Airbus to offer young professionals the opportunity to have valuable paid work experience abroad in a technical or business function.

The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France's eligibility criteria.
VIE Main Requirements:

·  European Union citizens (plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), graduates up to 28 years old
·  Have fulfilled military obligations for their country.
·  Fluent in English.

For more information: http://www.civiweb.com/international/default.html (in English, German, Italian and Spanish)

A VIE mission as Telecom System Engineer-Ground Segment in Space Engineering Rome (M/F) has arisen within Airbus Defence & Space – Space Engineering in Rome (Italy) within the Products & Solutions (Communication Equipment) team.
Your mission will be to contribute to design and development of on-board and ground communication equipment for satellite services, with particular focus on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications, inter-satellite link applications and engineering software for flexible payloads.

This VIE will start in August 2018 at the earliest (date subject to some flexibility) and will be for a 12 months duration, possibly renewable for another 1 year.

Profil recherché

Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

·  Providing support in the design of ad-hoc air-interfaces able to efficiently provide end-to-end communications in satellite Machine 2Machine / Internet Of Things and inter-satellite link application scenarios.
·  Providing support in the design of suitable communication equipment at both base station and user terminal side.
·  Providing support for the development and maintenance of the SW tools able to simulate end-to-end telecommunication systems and derive the system performances at both physical and link layer levels.
·  Simulating the modem specific signal processing algorithms and contribute to the modem optimization aiming at best trade-off between complexity/costs and performances.
·  Supporting the HW implementation of the specified signal processing algorithms as well as test-benches development, system integration and test phase execution.
·  Contributing to the production of the relevant technical documentation in the frame of the various active projects.
·  Supporting the process of knowledge management based on the current available documentation and software Tools

Required skills

You have the following skills and experience:

·  Strong academic background in Communication Systems and Signal Processing.
·  Knowledge of Satellite Communication System is also appreciated with understanding of SatCom ground segment architectures for broadcasting, broadband, trunking, backhauling and mobile applications.
·  Expertise in some of the areas below would be appreciated:
·  Communication protocols
·  Quality of service aspects
·  Upper layer techniques in IP and networking
·  Air interface techniques
·  SW Defined Radio (SDR)
·  Good knowledge of Matlab/Simulink for communication system modelling.
·  Good knowledge of general purpose object-oriented programming languages (e.g. C++).
·  Negotiation level of English is essential for the position
·  Italian would be a plus
·  Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate effectively.