RF Intern - Defence & Security

  Delft
  Full time (40 hours per week)
  Internship - Minimum duration: 10 weeks - Start date: flexible

About this job

We are currently looking for a RF Intern to join the team in Delft.  We are flexible with the duration of the internship as long as it is longer than 2 months. Please specify which is your case on your motivation letter.

Please mind that the deadline to apply for this role is Monday, May 25th at 23:59 (CET). No applications submitted after said date will be considered.

At S[&]T Defence & Security we work on high tech Earth observation solutions for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, resilient satellite navigation solutions for Positioning, Navigation and Timing and innovative sensors for Space Situational Awareness. These challenges are getting increasingly important in todays society with changes in the geopolitical landscape. The Netherlands in collaboration with its European partners wants to improve on its capabilities to guarantee safety throughout the continent. S[&]T is uniquely positioned to support these ambitions with its experience in satellite solutions.

One development that is getting increasing attention is that of Controlled Radiation Antenna Pattern (CRPA) antennas. These CRPA antennas use an array of antenna elements for the ability to suppress jamming from specific directions. This ability helps to maintain position fixes of GNSS systems (e.g. GPS) longer under Electronic Warfare conditions.

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Job details

RF Intern

Assignment


This internship assignment focusses on creating a test setup for characterizing the antenna element properties in a consistent reproduceable manner. Measurements need to be done with the antenna element receiving signals from various combinations of azimuth and elevation angles to characterize the antenna.

 


Responsibilities

What we expect from you is to make a design based on commercial of the shelf components and custom designed elements to perform these tests. The manufacturing of custom designs is done externally. Assembly and testing is done internally and within scope of the assignment.


Some of the example considerations are:


• Measuring various sizes of Antenna PCB with a single setup

• Being able to center the antenna elements rotation point within 1mm accuracy

• Being able to set the angle within 0.25 degrees accuracy

• Adjustable distance between the emitter and antenna 1 - 2.5 m

Requirements


  • A BSc mechanical/mechatronic engineering internship position for a minimum of 2 months 
  • Experience with mechanical design in CAD software 
  • Practical and actively seeking communication within the team 
  • Affinity with working for Defence. Possibility to obtain security clearances (Dutch, NATO, EU) is a must.
  • Preferably already based in the Netherlands.
  • In order to be eligible for this internship, you need to be enrolled in an academic degree for the whole duration of it.


If you would like to be our next RF Intern, please upload your CV and a motivation letter. Please specify in the motivation letter your preferred duration of the internship and preferred start date.

Please note that if you do not hear back from us within 10 days of your application, you may assume that we have selected another candidate we would like to interview for this position. We do our best to get back to you individually, however, due to a high volume of responses, it can be that we have not been able to reject your application in person.

 

Are you enthusiastic about becoming our new RF Intern?

Apply via our application form, or send your CV and motivational letter directly to recruitment@stcorp.nl.

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Our story

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At S[&]T we contribute to a safer life on earth by translating space data into valuable and actionable insights. We oversee data from instruments to application, and apply our expertise within our software frameworks, information products and consultancy.

Our society relies on space and scientific instruments for climate change monitoring, navigation, defence and national security, and other crucial services we all use in our daily lives. These instruments produce an enormous quantity of complex data, and our goal is to unlock its value.

We have more than 20 years of experience working on instrument calibration, the creation of data quality monitoring tools, the development of real-time data processing frameworks, and the development of application-specific algorithms. With this, we help organisations, governments and industries to strengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision making. We focus on the following domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security, Environment & Sustainability, and High-Tech Consulting.

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How to apply

Would you like to hear more? Send your CV and motivational letter to recruitment@stcorp.nl or apply directly through our website.

Kindly note that acquisition from third parties (e.g. agencies) based on this vacancy is not welcome.