About this job

The Senior System Engineer will be the technical lead and/or systems engineering of space missions from LEO to GEO and beyond and will report to the Systems, AOCS and Thermal Manager.

The key purpose of the job is to provide technical lead and/or system engineering from bid support through to on orbit support for all types of space mission from LEO to GEO and beyond.

It is a permanent contract.

Responsibilities

• System engineer/technical lead on SSTL missions from contract negotiations through to launch and operations
• To work as part of a team to perform mission and system design for missions ranging from LEO to GEO and beyond
• System level design of space and ground segments including requirements analysis, sensitivity analysis, mission analysis and design trade-offs
• To work as part of a team in the production of concepts of operations for missions
• Conduct customer-facing meetings and presentation at all project stages
• Preparation of presentation materials and reports to a high standard for all phases of the project
• Working with the Sales and Engineering teams in support of bid/tender activities to generate technical solutions for a variety of customers
• Support/ lead studies for a variety of customers
• Management of these studies to meet technical requirements, and to cost and schedule

Profile

Qualifications

• A good 1st degree or equivalent in Engineering, Physics or Maths

Experience

• Experience as a technical lead on a space mission project
• Proven experienced spacecraft Systems Engineer
• Experience of designing space missions starting from end-user requirements (ideally cradle to grave)
• Experience of designing and analysing space and ground segments to the subsystem level
• Ideally with experience of downstream spacecraft level testing
• Ideally with system experience of commissioning
• Experience in requirements and verification management

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent technical writing and presentation (generating and delivering) skills
• Good knowledge or awareness of orbit analysis, constellation configurations, RF link analysis, system budgets, operations, ground segment, space environment and satellite mechanical and electrical architectures
• Good knowledge of a wide range of satellite applications, e.g. Earth observation,communications, science, etc.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales
• Good knowledge of requirements management
• Good knowledge of FMECA’s and FDIR design
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent knowledge of STK and Matlab or equivalent analysis tools
• Hands on familiarity with environmental testing (eg. vibration and thermal vacuumtests)
• Good knowledge of assembly and test methods for space flight equipment
• Some knowledge of MS Project or equivalent planning tool