About this job

We are recruiting a Mechanical Metrology Alignment & Calibration Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC).

Responsibilities

• Inspection, measurement and alignment of parts or units, involving the handling of high precision measurement equipment in support to Test Centre Customers, the Agency Projects and ESTEC laboratories.
• Definition and implementation of a maintenance and calibration plan for the metrology laboratory.
• Development of measurements and alignment methods and test instrumentation in the field of optical and mechanical metrology.
• Maintenance and operation of the laboratory accredited methods according to ISO/IEC 17025.
• Support to the ESTEC Test Centre investment, maintenance and study activities.

Profile

• Master’s in engineering
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience from which minimum 2-3 year experience in metrology application.
• Relevant experience in the field of optical and mechanical metrology.
• Experience in metrology for satellite testing is an asset.
• Former experience in the operation of test instrumentation like coordinate measuring machines, auto-collimation theodolites, laser tracker and standard metrology equipment (e.g. calliper).
• Experience with autocollimator, roughness tester, roundness tester, photogrammetry systems, linear laser interferometer, extensometers, IR cameras, data acquisition systems is an asset.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset