About this Satellite Operations Engineer role:
The role is for a proactive, technically minded engineer to improve and expand our satellite operations activities. This will involve supporting the design of mission-specific ground segments, preparing operation plans, developing procedures & tools and leading pre-launch and in-orbit operation phases. The role also involves on-call assignment and out of hours working, ensuring delivery of projects to cost, quality, safety and time parameters.
Key Responsibilities:
Contributes to the business by effectively performing structured work assignments and to support problem-solving for non-routine issues
Deliver work tasks and assignments in accordance to required standards and compliance requirements
Driving design of mission specific ground segment systems for service and data delivery
Deliver satellite communications through involvement in satellite design and test lifecycle stage, along with ownership of commissioning and nominal operations phases
Take ownership of satellite operations work packages for specific projects, managing own time to complete required work
Analyse data and investigate in-orbit anomalies
Developing documentation, designs and processes in according to regulations and licence requirements
Generation of non-conformance reports (NCRs) and Engineering Change Notes (ECNs)
Support the engineering teams as per required
Skills required:
A relevant degree or equivalent in experience
Demonstrated industry experience in a similar environment
Ability to effectively diagnose and debug problems with existing or new software
Technical report and procedure writing to a high standard
Can work independently as well as ability to effectively collaborate within cross cultural teams
Ability to demonstrate resilience in high pressure and dynamic work environment
Uses drive and initiative to work towards finding solutions
Customer stakeholder management and focused with basic commercial understanding
Ability to make technical decisions with a systems mindset
Ability to organise self and prioritise workload in dynamic environment and with tight deadlines
Proficient in English, both verbally and written.
Competent IT skills and with Microsoft software
Skills desired:
Knowledge of space mission analysis, RF principles and satellite design
Experience of programming in Python
Experience of RF / DSP engineering applied to space communications
Experience with space mission regulatory environment (ITU filings, insurances…)
Experience of testing or operating a satellite at system/mission level
Experience with constellation management
ABOUT AAC CLYDE SPACE
AAC Clyde Space, a leading New Space company, specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.
Our growing capabilities bring together three divisions:
– delivering data from space directly to customers
Space missions – turnkey solutions that empower customers to streamline their space missions
Horizon Technologies, Orbcomm, NSLComm, OHB Sweden, Intuitive Machines, Orbital Micro Systems, the United States Airforce Academy, UK Space Agency, European Space Agency and NASA.
AAC Clyde Space’s main operations are located in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the USA and South Africa, with partner networks in Japan and South Korea.
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