# Microwave Instrument System Engineer

Job Description: An opportunity for a Microwave Instrument Systems Engineer has arisen within Airbus Defence and Space, Getafe (Madrid). The selected candidate will join the Microwave Instrument Future Projects and Proposals Team. This department is in charge of the definition, engineering, and proposal preparation of active and passive microwave instruments-such as passive microwave radiometers, synthetic aperture radars (SAR), scatterometers, and reflectometry-for future Earth Observation space missions. Working within a multidisciplinary and transnational engineering environment, the jobholder will reinforce our Systems Engineering capabilities, taking part in current running studies and leading technical trade-offs to shape the next generation of space remote sensing systems. RESPONSIBILITIES The main tasks of the jobholder will be: System Definition & Requirements: Analyze mission requirements and translate them into end-to-end system and sub-system architectures, ensuring overall system coherence, establishing system budgets, and conducting key concept trade-offs. Technical Team Leadership: Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams (mechanical, thermal, RF, etc

- **Id**: 4174133
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/airbus-microwave-instrument-system-engineer-2>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Getafe, Spain
- **Countries**: ES
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T15:26:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T06:45:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Life insurance, Retirement plans, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Satellite Manufacturing, Defense Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 3100
- **Name**: Airbus
- **Domain**: airbus.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/airbus>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

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- **Score**: 82
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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

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## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: Spanish; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: yes
- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Spain** — Iso: ES; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T15:26:43Z

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- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
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- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T08:23:52Z

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