Assembly Integration Test Mechanical Lead Engineer

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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