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Optical Systems Team Leader
2015-04-09 17:06:43| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Optical Team seeks a dynamic, organised and proactive engineer with high standards and technical capabilities to lead the development and delivery of the next generation of our clients spacecraft optical instruments. This is a permanent role based in the UK for a leading space satellite company. Key Tasks Development of spaceborne optical systems within a multidisciplinary team performing optical instrument system design, being the technical point of contact for the relevant optical systems. Design and development of optical systems from concept through to manufacture, system integration and verification. Management of new optical solutions including the programmatic and technical aspects of work packages relevant to area of expertise. Define and own technical requirements specifications for optical payload systems, including trade analysis of these requirements working closely with the spacecraft system engineer to identify derived requirements Development planning, budget and schedule management Ownership of risk registers and appropriate mitigation as agreed with the project manager The ability to pragmatically review and critique optical systems for application in space, balancing technical requirements with programmatic and budget constraints Support to and ownership of, but not limited to the following o Optical system architecture definition. o Optical design. o Performance evaluation and testing. o Subsystem and component specification definition. o Subsystem and component manufacture oversight. o Optical system alignment and testing. Person Specification Qualifications BSc in Optics, Physics or engineering ideally with 3 years of related practical optical or spacecraft experience. Experience Comprehensive knowledge of Optical Engineering, applied to space applications, coupled with a working knowledge of other engineering disciplines e.g. electronics, electrooptical device physics and optomechanics. Knowledge and experience of other spacecraft systems would be an advantage. The candidate should have basic optomechanical knowledge to aid in optical system development. Knowledge in materials and component selection, in the space domain. End to end Optical Engineering knowledge and experience including. Requirements engineering and Tradeoffs. Electrooptomechanical Design and Analysis. Integration of Optical Systems preferably including Space Systems. Validation and Verification, including testing. Knowledge and Skills Optical design experience with proficiency in Zemax is desirable. Design software knowledge, such as stray light analysis software e.g. FRED, SolidWorks, Ansys and Matlab. Selfmotivated, creative, high attention to detail. Ability to work autonomously or within project teams managing their own work and work of others. Ability to work under pressure in an organised and responsive manner. Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities. Knowledge of spacecraft systems design would be an advantage including materials. Good Microsoft Office Skills. Knowledge of Quality Management mechanisms.
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