Senior Electrical & power Engineer

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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, we 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.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze mission System and Operational Requirement Documents, SRD / ORD.
• Interface with main peers (System E2E, Avionics, Payloads).
• Implement Electrical and EMC/RFC architectures.
• Assess electrical interface 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-level and sub–system electrical & EMC IVVQ.
• Support AIV across product life cycles.
• Support OPS team for SVTs, FOP, LEOP simulations, 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 using dedicated radar absorber materials and computational solvers (e.g. CST).
• EMC and RFC satellite architecture definition, sizing and justification.
• Conduct circuit analyses.
• ESD (internal bulk charging, external surface charging, discharge) analyses.
• Magneto static field analyses.
• RFC and launch vehicle 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).

About You

Education and experience

• Master’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunication Engineering or similar, with explicit focus on radio frequency and EMC.
• Fluent in English (C1 or above), both listening and reading.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar position with a background in Earth Observation, Navigation, or Telecom platforms / spacecraft design and test phases up to launch/LEOP and commissioning.

Skills and knowledge

• 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 and validation of supply systems and equipment for mission scenario fulfilment.
• Support satellite test campaigns during AIT, launch and in‑orbit phases for power simulation predictions.
• Analog electronics.
• Power conditioning systems such as Shunt (S2R, S3R, S4R) and MPPT (Buck, Boost).
• Electromagnetics, antennas 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 Rational 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 (considered a plus).
• Magnetic field interactions with electrical propulsion subsystem (considered a plus).

Personal attributes

• Customer focused, proactive attitude.
• Organized and methodical approach with strong communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks independently and within a team.
• Strong results orientation within time and cost constraints.
• Problem‑solving attitude.

Location: Rome (primary). Availability for short‐term travel to other locations and 24‑hour shifts may be required.

Employment type: Full‑time. Permanent position.

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