Navigation Signal Experimentation Engineer

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Navigation Signal Experimentation Engineer (d/f/m)

Help Steer the World's Most Precise Navigation System 🛰️

Ready to take your engineering career to the next level? Join the elite team at Airbus Space Navigation and play a key role in shaping the future of global satellite navigation. We're seeking a skilled Navigation Signal Experimentation Engineer to join our Airbus Navigation Team at the Ottobrunn premises in Taufkirchen, Germany.

As part of our expert team, you'll contribute directly to the design, implementation, verification and experimentation of next-generation navigation signal concepts and services. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to work alongside the best in the field, with over 25 years of experience in developing Europe’s satellite navigation systems, EGNOS and Galileo.

Your location:

Our site is just a stone's throw away from Munich, the beautiful capital of Bavaria. You are into sports and other outdoor activities? The Alps and Lake Starnberg are within an hour’s reach, offering a multitude of recreational options.

Our Benefits for You

• Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
• Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
• Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.
• Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
• Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It:

You'll be a vital contributor to the navigation signal team, ensuring the flawless performance of the navigation signal-in-space through experimentations. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Prototyping: Define architecture of prototype testbeds for next-generation navigation signals.
• Development: Design, develop and implement novel signal processing algorithms or modules for various navigation signal modulations (e.g. CDMA and OFDM).
• Assembly, Integration and Test: Integrate and test hardware and software components for real-time signal experimentation, and functional verifications.
• Experimentation: Plan, develop (test cases and test procedures) and execute experimentation test campaigns.
• Data Analysis: Post-process test campaign data to derive key performance indicators (KPIs) and report on any non-conformance or anomalies.
• Problem-Solving: Investigate and resolve non-conformances occurring throughout the signal generation, transmission and reception chain.

Who We're Looking For:

We're searching for an engineer with a passion for precision and a solid technical background. To thrive in this role, you should have:

• A Master's degree in Navigation, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in innovative projects, preferably with Galileo or other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), LEO-PNT, opportunistic positioning with satellite/terrestrial signals, and 5G positioning.

• Solid expertise in real-time navigation signal processing implementation and experimentation, including digital signal processing (CDMA and OFDM signals), modulation, navigation receiver algorithms, 5G positioning protocol stack, software-defined radio (SDR), real-time data processing modules, precise synchronization, and over-the-air signal transmission and reception.

• The ability to work autonomously with advanced and complex equipment in the laboratory and during field test campaigns, using a strong analytical and methodological approach.

• Strong skills in Matlab, Python, C/C++ and VHDL applied to navigation experimentation.

• Excellent communication skills in English and the flexibility to work effectively within an international team.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Entry Level

Job Family:

Computing&Comm and Info& Data Processing <JF-EN-EB>

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