
Satellite AIT Electrical Systems Engineer
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- £55.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Interpretation of electrical and functional test requirements from test specifications.
- Provide test solutions to meet the test specification requirements, from planning and kick-off meeting, through test sequence coding, procedure preparation and debug to execution.
- Provide first-line support to the test operations team executing tests on the flight spacecraft in the event of anomalies.
- Close out tests with Post Test Review and Test Report.
- To provide technical inputs to project test reviews (Test Readiness Reviews, Post Test Reviews, Test Review Boards and Non-Conformance Review Boards).
- Development and debug of Automatic Test procedures (ATP) using a bespoke high-level S/W language (Open Center checkout system based on the Elisa language and Open Center Bridge based on JAVA) to test the spacecraft systems.
- Preparing and executing spacecraft system investigations in line with actions from Non-Conformance Review Boards (NRBs).
- Support Spacecraft systems functional and performance tests during environmental test (TVAC, Magnetic, EMC), functional and performance tests.
- Work to company and departmental procedures and maintain adherence to company standards.
- Current hands-on proven ability of writing test sequences/scripts for execution of spacecraft tests from the Central Checkout System (CCS). Knowledge of Elisa and JAVA would be an advantage.
- Working knowledge of TMTC Databases.
- Spacecraft systems and subsystem technical knowledge and awareness e.g. Data Handling, Packet Utilisation Standard, Data Bus Communications – 1553, Spacewire, Attitude &, Orbital Control, Star Trackers, Gyros, Momentum Wheels, power systems, batteries, Solar Arrays, Thermal Control, heaters, thermostats, FDIR, Spacecraft Configuration Vectors etc.
- Programming and scripting languages, particularly writing and debugging Linux/Unix bash scripts is an advantage. Knowledge of a programming language such as C, Java, python, TCL, VBA would be useful.
- Competent in the use of various test equipment used for electrical measurements, e.g. DMM, oscilloscope, current probes, Data acquisition unit, data bus monitors (1553 MilBus and SpaceWire probes/analysers) would be an advantage.
- Spacecraft electrical and harness knowledge would be an advantage.
- Familiar with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Awareness of ‘cleanroom’ disciplines.
- Knowledge of system testing & Verification.
- Writing test sequences/scripts for execution of spacecraft systems tests including FDIR from the Central Checkout System (CCS).
- Electrical/Spacecraft Systems fault investigation and test sequence debug.
- Environmental and launch test campaigns.
- Preparing test procedure and sequences from test specifications, writing test reports and supporting test and nonconfor
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