Satellite Systems Test Engineer

Morson Talent
Watford
5 days ago
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Satellite Systems Test Engineer
Location: Stevenage (onsite role)
Duration: 12 month duration
Pay rate £41.58 p/h PAYE basic (£47.62 including holiday pay) or £55 p/h Umbrella
Inside IR35
SC Clearance Required
We are looking to recruit a Systems Test Engineer to work for our client on complex satellite and space projects. Your main duties will be the preparation of test procedures, writing and debugging test sequences for Satellite system testing during ambient and environmental test campaigns. Preparing, debugging and executing complex test sequences on flight spacecraft and test benches. Providing first-line support to the test operations team and supporting non-conformance reviews in a technical capacity. Writing test reports and supporting test reviews.
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...

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