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Satellite AIT EGSE Engineer

Satellite AIT EGSE Engineer

Guidant Global

Posted 17 days ago, valid for 25 days

Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 1PX

£50 - £35 per hour

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The role involves specifying EGSE, overseeing procurement, and providing day-to-day support for electrical test racks used in spacecraft build and testing.
Key responsibilities include maintenance and fault finding of electronic/RF test racks, computer system administration, and preparing test specifications.
Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience and a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Essential skills include knowledge of electronic and RF test racks, fault finding, network administration, and familiarity with interfaces like Mil-1553 and SpaceWire.
The position requires a salary that is competitive within the industry, with a willingness to support shifts and travel for test campaigns.

Role Overview
Specifying EGSE and overseeing procurement as well as day to day support of the electrical test racks used during spacecraft build and test. The job includes validation and routine maintenance as well as configuring, maintaining, and administering the computers on the EGSE network.

Responsibilities
* Maintenance and fault finding of electronic/RF test racks.
* Computer system and networks administration.
* Programming and scripting languages.
* Environmental and launch test campaign.
* Preparing test specifications for test racks, reviewing data packs from suppliers, and supporting reviews of test equipment design and non-conformances.

Skill Set
Essential
* Minimum of a degree in an Electrical Engineering related discipline or relevant experience in a similar role >5 years
* Good theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic and RF test racks
* Fault finding skills down to board and component level.
* Network and computer administration in Windows and Linux environments
* Good documentation skills (procedures, reports etc.)
* Knowledge of interfaces such as Mil-1553, SpaceWire, CAN bus, RS232/422 etc.
* ATE environments such as PCI, VXI, PXI etc.
* Competent in the use of a variety of general-purpose lab test equipment
* Knowledge of test systems.
* Design, manufacture, and commissioning of test systems.
* Willing to support shifts and travel overseas on test campaigns as required.

Desirable
* Experience of electrical integration of equipment on a spacecraft.
* Working knowledge of TMTC Databases.
* Writing test sequences/scripts for execution of spacecraft systems tests including FDIR from the Central Checkout System (CCS).
* Experience of environmental and launch test campaigns.
* Familiar with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
* Programming and scripting languages, in particularly writing and debugging Linux/Unix bash scripts is an advantage. Knowledge of a programming language such as C, Java, python, TCL, VBA

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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