Radar Calibration Transponders Engineer

**Radar Calibration Transponders Engineer**

EUMETSAT is an intergovernmental organisation based in Darmstadt, Germany. Our vision is to be the leading user-driven operational agency in Europe and a trusted global partner for weather and Earth system monitoring from space. All data provided by our state-of-the-art satellites systems are making a tangible difference in people's lives and contribute to the thriving European economy.

As Radar Calibration Transponders Engineer within the Ground Stations Competence Area (GStats CA) you will provide engineering support to the development and evolutions of EUMETSAT’s ground segment systems, in particular to the EUMETSAT Polar System‘s new generation on-ground transponders, in charge of the calibration of the scatterometer instruments on board of Metop and Metop-SG spacecraft.

Close collaboration with our international Ground Stations operations and engineering teams will offer you enriching experience of contributing to the full lifecycle of the systems under your responsibility.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Manage engineering activities to develop and evolve ground transponders and associated hosting infrastructure and services:

- Definition of concepts, analyses and trade-offs;
- Definition, engineering and management of technical requirements in accordance to identified user’s needs;
- Support and follow-up on design and development;
- Supervision and support for integration, validation and verification activities;
- Support anomaly review boards, configuration and quality management.
- Provide technical leadership in the area of C-band radar technologies;
Additionally, you will:

- Support the definition and implementation of a long-term strategy for cost effective maintenance of Ground Stations systems and sites;
- Manage industrial contracts;
- Support the definition and set-up of a Ground Station RF and Signal Processing Lab including system baselining and know-how management;
- Acquire, maintain and foster knowledge on CCSDS and ECSS standards, ground stations engineering related topics;
- Certain activities will require travelling within Europe and/or going on business trips to remote sites where ground station are located such as Svalbard (Norway), and Turkey. These business trips could have durations of several weeks.

**What we offer**
- Excellent salary, of up to Euro 8,000 **NET (after income tax)** based on skills and experience
- Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave
- Full medical coverage for employee and family
- Attractive pension
- 30 days of annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays
- Training and development support
- Relocation allowance and support (if applicable)

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications**:
University degree (or equivalent) in Telecommunication Engineering, or any other relevant discipline.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Background in Radar systems engineering, preferably involving the design, development, testing or maintenance of ground transponders. The experience shall also include:

- Experience of development, installation and maintenance activities following established engineering processes, relevant standards and recommendations (e.g. STAN-AG/REC, ISO/IEC, etc.);
- Competence and proven experience in Verification and Validation (V&V) activities, preferably in the area of Radar systems, their associated infrastructure and host site services;
- Strong motivation to develop towards full professionalism in an international environment in the area of Ground Stations System Engineering;
- Readiness to learn / expand the own knowledge combined with excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to work in a team;
- For this role some of the following knowledge would be advantageous:

- Space to Ground and Ground to Space communications systems including link budgets;
- Radiometric measurements for satellite navigation;
- Relevant experience in project management.

**Languages**:
**APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.**

EUMETSAT is an international organisation employing staff from across all 30 member states and this role is being advertised on multiple international job boards, but please note that this role would be based in Darmstadt, Germany and would require international applicants to relocate if successful.

**More about us**

**EUMETSAT’s role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.**

**EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.**

**As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30