Electrical Systems Engineer

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

We are searching for both Lead and Senior Electrical Systems Engineers to facilitate Spacecraft AIT activity with experience in Assembly, Integration & Test. The Electrical Systems Engineer will be working alongside subject matter experts in a dynamic and growth-focused Space business. The role will require candidates to support in 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.

It is expected that this role will operate from our customer's site, as such you will be expected at site 5 days a week.

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.
• 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 tests (TVAC, Magnetic, EMC), functional and performance tests.
• Work to company and departmental procedures and maintain adherence to company standards.
• Lead Electrical Systems Engineers may also have direct line management responsibility, technical leadership, and functional leadership roles where applicable.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering with ideally electrical background. Where applicable suitable experience in addition to a lower qualification would be acceptable.

Essential skills

• Current hands-on experience of writing test sequences/scripts for execution of spacecraft tests from the Central Checkout System (CCS).
• 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 - 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.
• Familiar with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Awareness of 'cleanroom' disciplines.
• Knowledge of system testing & Verification.
• Lead Engineers should be able to demonstrate experience of leadership in a similar role.

Desired skills

• Knowledge of Elisa and JAVA would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of a programming language such as C, Java, Python, TCL, VBA would be useful but not essential.
• 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).
• Spacecraft electrical and harness knowledge.

Experience

• Extensive years of experience in a similar role for Senior Electrical Systems Engineer and Lead Electrical Systems Engineer.
• 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 procedures and sequences from test specifications, writing test reports and supporting test and non-conformance reviews.
• Electrical integration of equipment on a test bench or spacecraft (desirable, not essential).

What do I need before I apply

• Willingness to work within the Stevenage Area on a full-time capability.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
• We empower all passionate technology-loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses.
• Competitive company benefits.
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo.