Electronic Engineer- 6 Month FTC or Contract role
Location
Alton, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Electronics Engineer role offered on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract or contract basis. The role will be offered inside IR35.
As an Electronics Engineer, you will have knowledge and experience of designing, developing, building, documenting and testing electronic systems.
We are looking for the following skills:
- Educated to at least degree - level or equivalent in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline
- Minimum 5 years industry experience
- Technical delivery of complex electrical/electronic systems, ideally on a satellite programme (or in the Aerospace or automotive sector);
- Proficient in use of appropriate technical tools (e.g. Altium, OrCAD, PSpice);
- Experience in documentation for space/aerospace projects (highly desirable);
- Experience in testing and test automation;
- Experience in firmware development and FPGA/ VHDL (desirable);
- Knowledge of EEE component selection best practice when designing for space programmes (desirable); Knowledge of Space Standards e.g. ECSS (desirable);
- Experience in mentoring junior engineers (desirable)
What will you be doing here?
The role will include working on a range of activities from detailed design, development, documentation and test through to wider spacecraft support.
You will work closely with our engineers and support activities in the following areas:
- Derivation and management of technical requirements from Mission and System Level to subsystem and equipment level (with support from others where necessary);
- Design, development, prototyping, build and test of electronic circuits and systems from initial requirements through to launch and in-orbit operations;
- Detailed design activities including Schematic production; Selection and procurement of relevant components and assemblies to support design and development activities; ECAD design either directly or managing a specialist (depending on complexity).
- Produce electronics documentation, e.g. SoW, Design Document, Interface Control Document, Test Plans
- Definition and management of subsystem/unit interfaces;
- Provision of technical inputs into definition of spacecraft test and flight harnesses and required test support equipment;
- Provision of relevant inputs to system level budgets and designs;
- Derivation, management and execution of Validation and Verification activities at a subsystem level and provision of inputs to these at a system level.
- Working with third party suppliers to identify requirements for design, manufacture, documentation and testing of electronic sub-assemblies;
- Supporting spacecraft operations.
About In-Space Missions
In-Space Missions (ISM) are world class experts who design, build and operate space missions for global customers from our UK site. We also offer ‘Space as a Service’ by flying customer payloads on our spacecraft and by providing customers the ability to upload digital applications to operate on our hardware. ISM was founded in 2015 and has grown to comprise approximately 100 staff. The company was acquired by BAE Systems in 2021 and operates from offices and satellite cleanrooms located in Alton, Hampshire in the UK.
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