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# (Senior) Engineer, UHF Payload Systems, IRIS2

- **Company:** SES
- **Location:** München, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Unit Testing, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Systems Development Life Cycle, Satcom, Digital Twin
- **Published:** June 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=03d0fe48ee1840a7

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Unit testing?, Do you have a Master's degree?, The position requires a strong system engineering mindset, combining RF and satcom expertise with experience in satellite payload design and testing, ideally in UHF satcom systems., * Master's degree or PhD in Telecommunications, RF Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field

 * Minimum 5+ years of experience in satellite communications, with strong focus on UHF payloads or satcom services
 * Proven experience with:
 + UHF satcom system development and/or deployment (highly desirable)
 + RF system design, link budget analysis, and antenna systems
 + Satellite payload integration and system engineering
 + Simulation tools (e.g. MATLAB, Python, RF tools)

Key Technical Skills

 * Deep understanding of:
 + Satellite link budgets and propagation effects
 + Mobility, Doppler, and NGSO system behaviours
 * Knowledge of UHF satcom systems and waveforms, e.g. STANAG 4681, MIL-STD-188

Key Personal Attributes

 * Strong creative engineering mindset
 * Excellent stakeholder management across multi-partner environments
 * Structured, analytical, and solution-oriented approach

OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS

 * The candidate must be eligible for a "SECRET" security clearance, in accordance with the national regulations as well as EU/ESA/NATO equivalents
 * Willing to work 60% onsite from office
 * Travel as required for project realization purposes

## Description

Within the IRIS² MEO Space Segment team, the incumbent will contribute to the definition of the end-to-end MEO UHF service architecture by developing space segment technical specifications as well as satcom system analyses for the end-to-end service. The incumbent will collaborate to define the derisking activities with the selected supplier and monitor the derisking roadmap execution., * Contribute to the definition of the end-to-end MEO UHF service architecture

 * Translate UHF mission and service requirements into system and payload-level specifications accounting for satellite constellation constraints
 * Contribute to design trade-offs (coverage, power, SWaP, performance) and payload architecture
 * Perform system-level performance analyses for UHF services
 * Define interfaces with spacecraft platform, main payload, user ground segment and mission control segment
 * Interface with payload providers, terminal vendors, and subsystem suppliers for statement of work negotiation, technical specifications and test plans

 * Define and support integration, verification, and validation (IVV) activities for UHF services (unit-level testing, payload AIT, IOT)

 * Contribute to development of simulation tools and digital twins for payload performance and IVV


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