AIT Lead Engineer

Role Overview
* To promote and drive AIT standards ensuring engineering concepts are delivered to the shop floor in a controlled manner.
* Ensure quality and process robustness through promotion of best practise within team and between disciplines.
* Leading the AIT mechanical team to the success of the mission.

Responsibilities
* Responsible for the Mechanical Satellite element and lead the mechanical team on an ENS project through Phases 'A', 'B', 'C/D' and 'E'
* Leading a team of AIT engineers on the specific project
* Planning the mechanical team's activities on a weekly basis (including operations team) and implementing this plan.
* Supporting the use of 3Dx Delmia on the specific project
* Produce specs from test requirements, write test plans, DDV, plans, AIT plans, test procedures and test reports.
* Control of all project MGSE, flight & support equipment
* Produce MGSE requirement specs from test requirements, operating and maintaining MGSE.
* Alignment - producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment.
* Designing test equipment, overseeing its manufacture, and commissioning
* Mechanical handling or spacecraft, instruments, payloads, solar arrays, antennas etc
* Prepare and carry out environmental tests (Vibration, Acoustic, Mass properties, Thermal) at unit, subsystem, instrument, and spacecraft level.
* Install and validate test instrumentation.
* Support propulsion testing
* Handling and installation of thermal hardware
* Mechanical integration and testing of electronic units, subsystems and instruments, mechanisms, antennas, solar arrays, mechanical sub-systems, instruments, payloads and spacecraft and control the documentation associated with performing these tasks.
* Pyrotechnic handling, installation, and safety
* Plan and control workload of the AIT team consisting of engineers and technicians.
* Be able to travel overseas to work for short periods (typically 2-3months, could be 6-7 months on occasions)
* Be able to integrate quickly and easily into an AIT team.
* Highly motivated and possess good problem-solving skills.

Skill Set
Essential
* Relevant engineering experience.
* Appreciation of satellite integration processes and project phases
* Use of SAP or other ERP System
* Understanding of build documentation and the need for it
* Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements
* Managing a team during day-to-day activities ensuring work is completed on time and the correct standard
* Controlling and delivery of projects to budget and schedule
* Face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers
* Worked in volatile, high pressure environments to resolve technical and personnel conflicts
* Spacecraft Mechanical testing on prime projects is essential
* Leading other team members
* Production of MGSE specs and operation of MGSE and flight HW
* Production of high quality documentation (test specs, test plans, test procedures, AIT Plans, DDV plans)

Desirable
* Producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment
* Launch campaign experience

Please note: current SC clearance preferred, however, SC clearable candidates will be considered

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.