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Role Overview
Working within a state-of-the-art cleanroom environment for a world leader in the design and manufacture of satellite, spacecraft and their associated equipment the role primarily involves leading the Assembly Integration & Test (AIT) Mechanical team to the success of the mission. The role will promote and drive AIT standards ensuring engineering concepts are delivered to the shop floor in a controlled manner, your overall responsibility will be to ensure quality and process robustness through promotion of best practise within team and between disciplines
Responsibilities
Responsible for the Mechanical Satellite element and lead the mechanical team on an ENS project through Phases A - E
Leading a team of AIT engineers on the specific project
Planning the mechanical team’s activities on a weekly basis (including operations team) and implementing this plan
Supporting the use of 3Dx Delmia on the specific project
Produce specs from test requirements, write test plans, DDV, plans, AIT plans, test procedures and test reports
Control of all project MGSE, flight & support equipment
Produce Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) requirement specs from test requirements, operating and maintaining MGSE
Producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment
Designing test equipment, overseeing its manufacture, and commissioning
Mechanical handling or spacecraft, instruments, payloads, solar arrays, antennas etc
Prepare and carry out environmental tests (Vibration, Acoustic, Mass properties, Thermal) at unit, subsystem, instrument, and spacecraft level.
Install and validate test instrumentation
Support propulsion testing
Handling and installation of thermal hardware
Mechanical integration and testing of electronic units, subsystems and instruments, mechanisms, antennas, solar arrays, mechanical sub-systems, instruments, payloads and spacecraft and control the documentation associated with performing these tasks
Pyrotechnic handling, installation, and safety
Plan and control workload of the AIT team consisting of engineers and technicians
Skill Set
Essential
Spacecraft Mechanical testing on prime projects is ESSENTIAL
Appreciation of satellite integration processes and project phases
Use of SAP or other ERP System
Understanding of build documentation and the need for it
Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements
Managing a team during day-to-day activities ensuring work is completed on time and the correct standard
Controlling and delivery of projects to budget and schedule
Face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers
Worked in volatile, high-pressure environments to resolve technical and personnel conflicts
Production of MGSE specs and operation of MGSE and flight hardware
Production of high-quality documentation (test specs, test plans, test procedures, AIT Plans, DDV plans)
Be able to travel overseas to work for short periods (typically 2-3months, could be 6-7 months on occasions)
Highly motivated and possess good problem-solving skills.
Desirable
Producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment
Any prior launch campaign experience would be hugely beneficial
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