Electrical/Electronics Engineer (RF Systems)

Our Mission: Fly to space twice in a day.

This is a substantial project. Are you a talented problem solver? Drawing from past experience you will ensure complex electrical and RF products meet their requirements as well as considering design for manufacture. You will be building and testing electrical and RF components for our next generation spaceplane.

Are you driven, organised and able to work with a wide variety of people? Do you have a 'can do' attitude, are you flexible and adaptable, but will stay within appropriate processes and procedures? Then this role could be for you!

You will:

• Support development of space-bound RF and electrical systems
• Develop electrical schematics, board layouts, and embedded firmware for high performance embedded avionics systems
• Develop and debug RF equipment for ground and air segments
• Support the avionics and other teams to produce high quality embedded systems by providing resource to review designs and share your knowledge with the wider team
• Develop and review high quality test plans, procedures, and documentation
• Work in close coordination with the systems engineering, software, and other teams
• Work to establish, maintain, and improve upon on processes and capabilities. 

Requirements

You will have:  

• Bachelor's degree in electronics engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics engineering, or a related discipline
• 5+ years professional electronics development experience
• Experience working in RF in link budget analysis, antenna selection and evaluation, and integrating and debugging RF systems
• Experience designing and delivering RF products, including assessing requirements, creating and testing prototypes, and integrating final products
• Experience in testing and validating electrical and RF equipment
• Awareness and experience with quality control systems
• Experience working with and directing sub-contractors/ suppliers
• Excellent communication, organisational and reporting skills
• A positive, driven attitude with a team collaborative approach
• Pressure vessel and fluid components design and manufacture.

Additional desired proven skills and experience in:  

• RF Experience, particularly S-Band
• Familiarity with ASTM F3298 and ECSS standards
• Experience using ECAD software
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• Experience with flight software and avionics/RF systems development for UAVs, rockets, or other spacecraft
• Experience in analogue sensing/electronics
• Experience in thermal/environmental testing and qualification

For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access export-controlled information.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Dawn Aerospace, we believe that diverse teams build better solutions. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences are valued and supported to do their best work.

About Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company with a purpose.
Our mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing more sustainable and scalable ways to access and move around in space. We believe this access, in the form of a transportation network, will fundamentally change what’s possible from space. We currently focus on three areas of space transportation:

• In-space propulsion
  We're a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for various classes of satellites. Our systems utilise safe, accessible propellants and we have over 170 of these propulsion units on more than 40 operational satellites already. A further 200 units are in production.
• In-space servicing
  Coupled with our propulsion expertise, we are ensuring that our customers' satellites are refuellable. In the coming years, Dawn will offer a refueling service to enable life extension of customer satellites. This new market is aligned with our sustainability goal to ensue a clean and safe space for everyone! 
• Spaceplane
  We are developing the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever to take off from a runway, combining the extreme performance of rocket propulsion with the reusability of conventional airplanes to enable high-frequency, low-cost access to sub-orbital space.

Our international teams are distributed across four locations: the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA.

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