Job Description
At Alén Space, we are looking for a new team member to join the Electronic Development Department. This department is responsible for designing electronic devices and products for both the space and ground segments, as well as support tools (GSE), with a strong focus on radio systems. The selected candidate will be responsible for the design and verification of new RF products, particularly the analog frontend stage. This includes the transmission and reception chain, as well as the electronics required to create a self-contained unit (power distribution stage, communication interfaces with digital control systems, etc.). Additionally, the role involves providing technical analyses to assess the performance of the communication system and developing new concepts and architectures.
Position Tasks and Responsibilities
The selected candidate will have the following responsibilities:
- Requirements analysis
- Performing trade-offs and studies necessary to provide the best solution to the proposed problem
- Designing analog front-ends across different frequency bands for space applications based on requirements
- Designing the transmission stage (PA + filters)
- Designing the reception stage (LNA + filters)
- Designing filters and mixers
- Designing support elements for testing (EGSEs), including cable harness definition
- PCB design: translating schematic designs into a manufacturable layout (PCBA)
- Collaborating with the mechanical team for the development of shielding or metallic enclosures for RF devices
- Developing and describing verification and test plans
- Functional and electrical verification of developed devices
- Performing RF tests in the lab based on requirements
- Interference analysis and EMC testing
- Maintenance of RF designs and products
- Supporting the Systems Engineering team in identifying new concepts and communication architectures
About us
About Alén Space
Alén Space is a New Space company focused on the development of missions based on Nanosatellites as well as products and services related to them. Our mission is to help our clients to develop their business plan designing, manufacturing and operating satellites in order to execute the application they need.
While Alén Space is a new company, our team has been involved in several complete nanosatellite missions, from specification to delivery, during the last 15 years. Alén Space technical team is composed of systems engineers, electronic engineers, AIV engineers, software and operations engineers and project managers; with a large experience on IOD, communication, commercial and scientific missions, with private and public institutions such as the European Space Agency.
Alén Space’s value proposition resides in the flexibility and expertise of our team. We utilize our design and testing methodologies, which allow the use of components from various suppliers, to create the most suitable platform for the requested mission. During more than a decade, all our nanosatellites missions have been fully designed in-house, following the same multi-provider approach, resulting on a 100% success rate in orbit, for all launched missions.
At Alén Space, quality and flexibility in the design, manufacturing and testing are hallmarks of the company. The quality of the process is achieved through meticulous testing and verification processes, keeping traceability of all the executed activities. The flexibility is achieved thanks to the proximity relationship with our clients and to our supplier agnostic approach. This relationship aims not only at easing the communication process, but also at allowing our commercial clients to take an important role on the design aspects. In this line, we design the most flexible spacecraft platforms, to accommodate subsystem suppliers’ changes without heavily impacting the overall mission. Our systems and AIV engineers work closely with the client, in order to take decisions and involve them in the process.
Our team has enhanced a work method that applies the strict quality standards set by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). All of our management, system engineering and AIV processes are based on those standards.
Quality, Flexibility, Scalability, Proximity, Expertise and Success define all Alén Space values.
Do you want to orbit with us?
We offer the opportunity to join a challenging space project together with a self-motivated team with great experience in the design and manufacturing of small satellites!
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