About this role
X Microwave Engineer Job Requisition ID: 20762 Date Posted: 10 July 2026 Closing Date: 31 July 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Microwave Engineer in the Radio Frequency (RF) Equipment and Technology Section, Radio Frequency Payloads and Technology Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. The RF Equipment and Technology Section provides engineering support to ESA projects and carries out technological research (R&D) in the fields of ground and space-borne RF equipment and its building blocks, RF active and RF passive technologies, time and frequency generation and distribution, RF testing, instrumentation and related design and characterisation tools. Duties Reporting to the Head of Section and within the technical fields described above, your main tasks and responsibilities will include: - contributing to the design, development and performance evaluation of RF equipment, subsystems, components and technologies applicable to space and ground segments; - providing expert technical support and consultancy to ESA projects, programmes and general studies in the field of RF equipment and technologies throughout all project phases; - participating in feasibility studies, project reviews and the evaluation of procurement proposals; - contributing to the definition of technology development roadmaps and work plans for the Agency's technology programmes; - defining, initiating and managing R&D activities, from early conceptual studies to full hardware development; - fostering new application areas for multidisciplinary activities, placing emphasis on innovative concepts, cutting-edge technologies and system architectures; - end-to-end laboratory activities as required in supp...