Telecom Digital Payload Industrial Delivery Engineering Placement (12 months)

at  Airbus Defence and Space Limited

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Start date: 21st July 2025
Location: Portsmouth
Duration : 12 Months
Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

ABOUT US:

You will be part of a team responsible for delivering telecom satellite payloads. The payloads incorporate analogue and digital signal processing, on-board digital processing, active antennas reconfigurable by beamforming, passive antennas and new RF (Radio Frequency) technologies, and form part of the growing demand for flexible telecom satellites.
Our team is responsible for providing engineering management, validation, electrical, EMC (Electrical Magnet Compatibility), mechanical and thermal engineering to advanced and innovative digital payload projects, such as OneSat.
At Airbus, we help you work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we promote flexibility in our working methods in order to stimulate the spirit of innovation, and promote social sustainability in all we do.
Our team is located in Portsmouth, a dynamic city in the south of England served by excellent transport links, and many possibilities for outdoor activities!

REQUIREMENTS:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only . Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Student

You will be part of a multi-discipline team, supporting engineering management of the payload development, assembly, test and validation, also covering systems engineering, and mission operations. You will help ensure robustness of the full payload and of RF and digital equipment, processors, active and passive antennas.
You will gain an insight into the development lifecycle of payload and satellite systems covering their development, design, build, evaluation and validation, and you will learn how system engineering principles are applied and utilised throughout these stages.
You will assist in the review of mechanical, electrical and EMC performance of flight equipment and determine their acceptance for incorporation within the payload system. You will contribute to functional and performance evaluation using laboratory test benches; you will help prepare for test and validation of the final payload products, and you will support payload and spacecraft environmental test campaigns including review of test results.
There will also be opportunities to support wider engineering disciplines such as signal processing, system simulation and modelling, and engineering of a communications chain including RF and digital equipment.