5G/6G Network Engineer
TelespazioNetherlands4 days ago
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Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.
We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.
The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.
Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled 5G/6G Network Engineer to work there.
Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration
What Is Expected From You
You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.
Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC
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We look forward to receiving your application for this position!
We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.
The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.
Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled 5G/6G Network Engineer to work there.
Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration
What Is Expected From You
- Provide System Engineering support in relation to ESA in-house activities for IRIS2 entrusted tasks in the area of 5G/6G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks).
- Support shall include system engineering activities in the following areas:
- Development of 5G/6G NTN software protocol stack (both on-board and on-ground) for IRIS2. This shall consider different implementations (Split 2, full gNB on board) and the related trade-offs
- End-to-end system validation (both in the lab and in-orbit) of the 5G gNB, following closely the development and ensuring that any deviation is properly addressed
- Close follow up of interface between spacecraft and ground including interface with 5G Core network., payload, ground, and external systems
- Definition and development of 5G/6G test beds for end-to-end validation of NTN protocols with representative hardware (from UT to space gNB)
- Organization of related test campaigns using in-orbit experiments to support derisking of 5G development
- Close follow-up of 3GGP standardization activities to ensure they are aligned with IRIS2 baseline.
- Support to the standardizations by contributing with the necessary work items/technical papers.
- Requirements engineering and consolidation (for the system and for the testbed)
- Functional and physical architecture definition
- Design trade-off analysis
- Interface definition
- Technical risk assessment
- Definition and execution of test campaigns
- Analysis of non-conformances
- The candidate shall support ESA in the review of industrial contract technical milestones, including but not limited to:
- Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
- Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
- Qualification Reviews (QR)
- In-Orbit Validation Review (IOVR)
- Service Declaration (SD)
- Technical assessment of industrial deliverables
- Preparation of review comments
- A competitive salary
- 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
- Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
- Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
- Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
- A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;
- A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
- Travel allowance;
- Extensive relocation package
You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.
Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC
When
Opening Soon!
Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.
We look forward to receiving your application for this position!
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