Electrical Systems Engineer

Loft Orbital Solutions; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace solutions company in Abu Dhabi seeks an Electrical System Engineer to support multiple satellite missions. You will ensure effective power and command integration of payloads, manage power budgets, and collaborate with engineering teams. Ideal candidates are familiar with bus protocols, power systems, and satellite subsystems, with a preference for experience in integration campaigns. This role is pivotal as the company aims to lead in satellite manufacturing in the UAE.

Qualifications

• Enjoy being the face of the electrical technical requirements and working with a team.
• Demonstrated experience in small satellite assembly, integration, and test campaigns.
• Experience in a fast-paced development environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technical power budgets for spacecraft performance.
• Manage electrical requirements and verification techniques with other groups.
• Support test procedures and participate in the integration and test campaign.

Skills

Knowledge of bus protocols of: SpaceWire, CAN, and RS4XX specifications

Power allocation and distribution systems including fault tolerance

Familiarity with different SV subsystems (Thermal, Structural, ADCS, RF Link)

Job description

As an Electrical System Engineer of Orbitworks Solutions Engineering Team you will work on multiple satellite missions simultaneously each with a unique multipayload configuration. Your role will be to ensure the successful power and command protocol integration of the payloads to the bus leveraging Lofts products. You will work crossfunctionally across multiple teams: satellite electrical configuration payload interface software mission engineering and AIT.

About this Role

• You will work both with other teams and Customers to develop and maintain technical power budgets for spacecraft performance.
• You will develop and manage electrical requirements and verification techniques with both Other Groups and Customers.
• You will support test procedures and participate in the integration and test campaign at our spacecraft manufacturers site.

Must Haves

• Enjoy being the face of the electrical technical requirements and working with a team to deliver quality hardware.
• Knowledge of bus protocols of: SpaceWire CAN and RS4XX specifications
• Power allocation and distribution systems including fault tolerate and derating considerations
• Familiarity of the different SV subsystems (Thermal Structural ADCS RF Link etc)

Nice to Haves

• Have demonstrated experience in small satellite assembly integration and test campaigns
• Have experience in a fastpaced development environment.
• Have prior experience delivering a spacecraft to orbit and/or spacequalified hardware to a customer

Orbitworks mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbitals heritage Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to massmanufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50000squarefoot facility in Abu Dhabi.