Engineer Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at The Defence Space Administration (DSA)

Employment Nigeria 30-May-2018 NIGERIA , Engineering

The Defence Space Administration (DSA) was established by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to: Develop and operate military Space Technologies; Support Nigerian Military operations both within and outside the country as well as Security Agencies responsible for internal security, through the use of satellite; Provide resilient and affordable Space and Cyberspace capabilities for the Nigerian Military, other Security and Law Enforcement Agencies

POSITION : Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Engineer

Requirements

Experience in PNT systems of systems engineering, design, technical evaluation, or acquisition oversight
Familiarity with anti-jam antennas and signal processing
Knowledge of hardware including radio frequency (RF) through digital and embedded processing
Broad technical familiarity in PNT systems (spanning space / ground / user segment technologies), military and commercial.
Experience with understanding gaps, formulating technical solutions, and also providing acquisition oversight for enterprise modernization of Joint PNT systems.
Knowledge of threats to PNT systems and their effective counter-measures
Understanding of PNT dependencies with other capabilities such as tactical communications, command and control, or targeting
Understanding of weapon systems that rely on or incorporate PNT systems
Familiarity with emerging PNT technologies from industry or academia.
Strong communications background (verbal and written)

Educational Qualification

B.Sc Physics, Engineering or Computer Science.
Only applicants with First Class and Second Class Upper Division first degrees and those with HND Distinctions and HND Upper Credit polytechnic certificates may apply. Cognate experience in the subject discipline will be an added advantage.

Professional Certification:

NSE/ COREN/ SURCON/ NIS

Responsibilities

Provide positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technical analyses in support of satellite navigation activities.
Provide PNT services including orbit determination, geo-positioning and space based navigation such as GPS.
Perform analysis and studies of next generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
Design and perform experiments to evaluate and improve orbit determination preference.
Perform a variety of assignments related to the accuracy of position, velocity determination and trajectory analysis.
Perform orbit determination for a variety of satellite missions using real and simulated data.
Design and perform experiments to evaluate and improve orbit determination performance.
Process mission data and perform mission-level and system-level analyses.
Perform analyses and studies for next-generation GNSS designs and architectures.

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Engineer Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at The Defence Space Administration (DSA)

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