Satellite AIT Electrical Systems Engineer

Satellite AIT Electrical Systems Engineer
Stevenage
£55 per hour + OT
12-month contract
1-stage interview (on-site)

Certain Advantage is collaborating with a leading aerospace company to recruit an experienced Project Controller. You will be in charge of the preparation of test procedures, writing and debugging test sequences for Satellite system testing during ambient and environmental test campaigns.
 
Key Responsibilities:

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 using a bespoke high-level S/W language to test the spacecraft systems 
Your Background:

Current hands-on experience of writing test sequences/scripts for the execution of spacecraft tests from the Central Checkout System.  Knowledge of Elisa and JAVA would be an advantage.
Working knowledge of TMTC Databases.
Spacecraft systems and subsystem technical knowledge and awareness is essential, e.g. Data Handling, Packet Utilisation Standard, Data Bus Communications – Spacewire, Attitude &, Orbital Control, Star Trackers, Gyros, Momentum Wheels, power systems, batteries, Solar Arrays, Thermal Control, heaters, thermostats, FDIR, Spacecraft Configuration Vectors etc.
Competent in the use of various test equipment used for electrical measurements, e.g. DMM, oscilloscope, current probes           
Data acquisition unit, data bus monitors would be an advantage. 
During the Interview, We May Ask You About:

Electrical/Spacecraft Systems fault investigation and test sequence debug.
Environmental and launch test campaigns. 
Please note that security checks will be carried out before the start date.
 
Are you intrigued? Apply now! Lukas - (phone number removed) / (phone number removed)