Active Antenna System Engineer
Pubblicato il 02-09-2026 - Thales in Roma
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, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.
We are looking for an Active Antenna System Engineer
CANDIDATES THAT WOULD IMPRESS US
- You have graduated with a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering.
- You have a background in RF, digital, and power engineering.
- You are fluent in professional English.
- You are recognized as proactive and capable of excellent team working.
- Mastering of Digital BeamForming architectures is considered a plus.
COMPETENCIES:
- You can master System Engineering in the active antennas domain.
- You are familiar with software skills such as Matlab/Simulink,
KeySight SystemVue, and AWR/MWO-VSS.
- You know how to manage RF and power budgets.
- You are familiar with modeling active antennas for RF/digital/power subsystems.
- You have experience with Analog and Digital Beamforming.
LIFE AS AN ACTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM ENGINEER ROLE
As an Active Antenna System Engineer role within Thales, you will:
- Collect requirements and needs from stakeholders and formalize them into models and requirement specifications.
- Drive trade-off activities for RF, power, and digital architecture, taking into account the state-of-the-art availability of technologies.
- Perform the flow down of antenna requirements to subassemblies, including RF Front-Ends, RF Amplifiers, Power Supply Units, Digital Control Units, BFN, and harness.
- Model active antennas using the most suitable tool depending on the Lifecycle stage.
- Support IVV-Q activities.
- Interface with internal and/o