Responsibilities

• Lead mission and systems engineering activities
• Development of spacecraft mission and system design
• Requirements derivation and CONOPS definition
• Perform and maintain satellite system design, model and analysis
• Trade-off and control platform systems budgets e.g. mass, power, data, fuel
• Generate and maintain mission and system verification and validation plan and tracking verification status
• Coordinate and work closely with missions and systems managers, subsystem managers and the project manager
• Support the selection and monitoring of suppliers and subcontractors
• Support planning and execution of AIV activities including satellite assembly, integration, functional testing and environmental testing
• Assisting with bid work, providing technical solutions and documentation.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in space system projects
• System level knowledge in space systems design and AIV activities, and practical experience in several phases of the lifecycle from requirements definition through to verification
• Good knowledge of a range of subsystems & engineering teams including: GNC (AOCS, ADCS), astrodynamics, C&DH / OBDH, EPS, RCS (propulsion), COM (communications), software, ground segment & operations
• Familiarity with space industry standards and approaches
• Flexibility to adapt and work in a fast paced and changing environment, and able to accommodate those changes in the work schedule
• English language capability TOEIC 800+
• Business level Japanese Proficiency

Desirable skills

• 10+ years of commercial experience in a Systems Engineering role for satellites.
• Knowledge of commonly used engineering and modelling packages (e.g. ModelSim, Matlab, STK) and/or experience with model based system engineering.
• Knowledge of the area around debris removal including: licensing, export, regulation, space law.
• Knowledge of past missions of relevance: RemoveDebris, CleanSpace / ESA projects e.g. e.DeOrbit, DEOS, ATV, ETS-7

Tagged as: modelsim/matlab/stk, removedebris / cleanspace, e.deorbit, deos / atv / ets-7, gnc / aocs / adcs / com