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Instrument Systems and Performance Engineer
2015-10-12 16:03:05| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europes number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately 14 billion per year. A vacancy for an Instrument Systems and Performance Engineer has arisen within Airbus Defence Space in Portsmouth. The successful candidate will be subject to UK National Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs. Your main tasks and responsibilities will include Responsible for the analysis, design, development and test of Instrument and Payload systems, hardwaresoftware and components. Managing Instrument and Payload designdevelopment tasks or work package through to completion within the designated performance, schedule and cost requirements. Responsible for derivation of Instrument and Payload requirements from top level mission, system or payload specifications. Responsible for development and maintenance of Instrument and Payload performance models for both active synthetic aperture radars radar altimeters scatterometers and passive microwave instruments radiometers sounders. Establishing performance analysis to enable understanding and interpretation of overall system requirements and translation to Instrument and Payload performance parameters. Derivation of key performance parameters and apportionment for specification on procured equipments and subassemblies. Support to Instrument and Payload integration, test and verification in respect of key instrument performance parameters. Provide support to analysis of instrument test data. Preparation and delivery of technical presentations to customers. Limited technical management responsibilities including preparing engineering documents, performing analyses, generating verification and justification files, delegating to and supporting other members of the department. Support to technical proposal preparation. Support to peer review of studies, projects and proposals. We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience Degree or MSc in Physics, Electronics or related Engineering discipline. Relevant industrial experience in the satellite systems field, Satellite instruments payloads or Microwave sensors. Exposure to the domain of Microwave instruments. Experience of Flight Instrument Payload development life cycle. Degree projects relevant to space systems microwave equipment. Appreciation of performance analysis tools and methods. Demonstrated ability and willingness to work individually or as part of a team with some technical management. Recognised competency in RF andor digital systems design. Previous applicable experience working with ESA, Eumetsat or national customers. Technical understanding within the product field and previous experience of delivering equivalent or similar products. Analytical skills to support optimization of science instrument design and performance. To apply click here
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