Satellite AIT EGSE Engineer

Our client has an opportunity for a Satellite AIT EGSE Engineer to join them on a contract basis for an initial 6-months with potential for extension.

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.

Role: Satellite AIT EGSE Engineer
Location: Stevenage – 100% onsite
Hours: 37 hours per week – expectation of working extra hours mid-week & weekends
Clearance: Active SC is required on application
Hourly Rate: £45ph via Umbrella, inside IR35

Frequent travel to Oxford at the end of the year.

What you’ll be doing:

• 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.

Requirements:
Essential

• Minimum of a degree in an Electrical Engineering related discipline or relevant experience in a similar role >5 years
• Experience on test racks.
• Experience in fault finding on test racks and maintenance
• Ability to set up computer on local networks, configure firewalls
• Ability to navigate on Unix/Linux operations
• 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

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply immediately!

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