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Job title
Satellite Electrical Power Systems Engineer
Ref no. | BHN568512 |
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Location | Stevenage, England |
Start date | ASAP |
Job type | Permanent |
Job status | Closed |
Job summary
Provide Satellite and Payloads Architecture for Electrical Power design and EMC, bus power sizing, definition, performance analysis, implementation and validation.
Key skills required for this role
Satellite & Payload complete Electrical, EMC and Harness design
Important
Previous design and test experience with LEO/MEO satellites and Power sub-systems
Job description
Our client is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and Geointelligence pioneer and a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. We are looking to recruit a Satellite Electrical Power Systems Engineer for the Satellite Systems Team at one of their UK offices. As the leading global independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, their team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions.
The Role:
Provide Satellite and Payloads Architecture for Electrical Power design and EMC, bus power sizing, definition, performance analysis, implementation and validation.
Key Tasks:
The Satellite Electrical Power System Engineer will perform and participate in the following activities.
* Satellite & Payload complete Electrical, EMC and Harness design
* Verification and Validation of Electrical and Power Architecture
* Satellite Bus power sizing suitable to particular missions
* Definition of power systems from Solar arrays to battery
* Support to mission analysis & requirements
* Define, analyse and write requirements definition and flowdown, SOC, verification and validation matrix, design description, systems budgets, equipment specifications, test requirements… for the power sub-systems based on mission requirements.
* Monitor MDA's suppliers and integrated product team
* Provide inputs and support to all program reviews including EQSR, SRR, PDR, CDR.
* Attend all test reviews TRR, TRB, DRB, and NCR's.
* Support sub-system Assembly, Integration and Test activities.
* Support Satellite testing: EGSE, Test supervision, data analysis
* Support Satellite tests at MDA, at test facilities or at supplier premises.
* Write up subsystem Operations Manual.
* Support In-Orbit Test (IOT).
Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in relevant field with 10+ years of relevant experience
* Previous design and test experience with LEO/MEO satellites and Power sub-systems
* Understanding of the space environment and orbit mechanics
* Strong understanding of aerospace systems and engineering fundamentals
* Demonstrated capability to test systems and resolve problems
* Hands-on individual who can lead all systems integration processes
* Experience with qualification and acceptance testing of new designs
* High degree of attention to detail
* Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little to no supervision
* Ability to distil complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or creativity
* Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communications skills in English; knowledge of French will be considered favourably
* Experience leading and coaching a technical team
* Support the spacecraft operations team in critical phases