What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Electrical & power Engineer position at Thales?
A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.
We are looking for an Electrical Engineer with specific knowledge of electric motor drives and RFC analysis.
In this role you will be in charge of the system Electrical & EMC design and testing activities covering the following tasks:
The working site is Rome, but it might be required working in other locations for short mid-term periods (e.g. subcontractors technical follow-up, attendance to external test facilities or counseling / support in customer premises)
Short periods of 24h shift working across the full week might be required upon specific program needs (e.g., AIT or LEOP schedule).
About You
Education and experience
You have a Master Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunication Engineering or similar, with explicit focus on radio frequency and EMC.
You are fluent in English (C1 and above certification) both listening and reading.
You have at least 2 years of experience in similar position with at least an experience on Earth Observation, Navigation or Telecom platform / spacecraft design and test phases up to the launch / LEOP and commissioning.
Skills and knowledge
You have a demonstrable knowledge of:
We are looking for an Electrical Engineer with specific knowledge of electric motor drives and RFC analysis.
In this role you will be in charge of the system Electrical & EMC design and testing activities covering the following tasks:
- Assess and analyze mission System and Operational Requirement Documents, SRD / ORD.
- Interface main peers, (i.e., System E2E , Avionics, Payloads..)
- Implement Electrical and EMC/RFC architectures
- Assess electrical I/F resources, sizing and budgets
- Assess RFC issues through modeling and analysis
- Implement Power architecture in simulation environments
- Assess energy balance, resources sizing and justification
- Lead and conduct System and S/S Electrical & EMC IVVQ
- Support AIV across Product Life cycles
- Support OPS team for SVTs, FOP, LEOP sims, LEOP and commissioning
- Lead assessment of motor drives interfaces and performances
- Assess mitigation techniques of the impinging Electric field generated by satellite antennas and equipment basing on dedicated radar absorber materials and assessed through dedicates computational solver (e.g. CST)
- EMC and RFC satellite architecture definition, sizing and justification
- Conducted and Radiated analysis and circuit analyses
- ESD (internal bulk charging, external surface charging, discharge) analyses
- Magneto static field analyses
- RFC and Launch Vehicles compatibility analyses
- EMC and RFC requirements specification
- EMC budgeting, frequency and control plan definition
- EMC corrective actions design (e.g. filtering, shielding, gasketing)
- EMC design rules definition for harness
- EMC testing at equipment level (setup, requirements, validation)
The working site is Rome, but it might be required working in other locations for short mid-term periods (e.g. subcontractors technical follow-up, attendance to external test facilities or counseling / support in customer premises)
Short periods of 24h shift working across the full week might be required upon specific program needs (e.g., AIT or LEOP schedule).
About You
Education and experience
You have a Master Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunication Engineering or similar, with explicit focus on radio frequency and EMC.
You are fluent in English (C1 and above certification) both listening and reading.
You have at least 2 years of experience in similar position with at least an experience on Earth Observation, Navigation or Telecom platform / spacecraft design and test phases up to the launch / LEOP and commissioning.
Skills and knowledge
You have a demonstrable knowledge of:
- System requirements analysis, flow down and verification
- Electrical and power design and sizing
- Definition and management of design documentation: specifications, performance analysis, interfaces, budgets, validation.
- Analysis, simulation a validation of supply systems and equipment for mission scenario fulfilment
- Support to satellite test campaign during AIT, launch and in-orbit phases for power sim predictions
- Analog electronics
- Power conditioning systems such as Shunt (S2R, S3R, S4R) and MPPT (Buck, Boost)
- Electromagnetics, Antennae and propagation topics
- Radio frequency system sizing
- RLC filters and circuit theory
- Matlab / Simulink programming
- Analysis tools (CST, FEKO, ADS Keysight, ORCAD, SPIS)
- Requirement analysis (IBM Rationale Doors)
- EMC engineering standards
- MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-462, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-1809
- ECSS-E-ST-20C, ECSS-E-ST-20-06C, ECSS-E-ST-20-07C, , ECSS-E-HB-20-07
- NASA-HDBK-4002, NASA-TP2361
- Plasma interactions with RF is considered a plus
- Magnetic fields interactions with Electrical Propulsion subsystem is considered a plus
- Customer focused, proactive attitude
- Organized and methodical approach to the work with strong communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks at one time, to work autonomously and in team
- Strong attitude to achieve results within time and cost constraints
- Problem solving attitude