189294 Research support specialist technician

Universidade de Vigo; España; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING - OURENSE is seeking a part-time Systems Engineering support role for the T03 Mechanical Engineering, Machines, and Thermal and Fluid Motors group in Spain. You will help define SRS, ConOps, and system architecture, ensuring traceability to mission requirements.

Responsibilities include developing the SAD, product tree and margins, and preparing ECSS-compliant documentation.

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications and other courses required.
• Proven professional experience in aerospace/defense environments.
• Languages: Spanish, English and Galician with professional use.
• Programming knowledge in C, VHDL, Python; experience in aerospace contexts.
• Familiarity with version control tools (Git or similar).
• Experience in UAVs and electronics for comms or UAV systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the system requirements specification (SRS) and traceability to mission, platform, and payload requirements.
• Develop use cases and the concept of operations (ConOps) including modes and contingency scenarios.
• Develop the system architecture description (SAD) integrating functional, physical, and data views.
• Define and maintain product tree and budgets for mass, power, and communications with margins.
• Prepare systems engineering documentation and support ECSS compliance assessments.

Skills

Languages: Spanish/English/Galician

Education

Academic qualifications and courses

Tools

Programming: C, VHDL, Python

Git or similar

UAVs engineering

Electronics / circuit design

Job description

T03 Mechanical Engineering, Machines, and Thermal and Fluid Motors

Organisation/Company Universidade de Vigo Department T03 Mechanical Engineering, Machines, and Thermal and Fluid Motors Research Field Engineering » Mechanical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Undergraduate Positions Application Deadline 18 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week Tempo parcial (20 horas/semana) Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 189294 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Support with the following tasks:

Define and maintain the system requirements specification (SRS) and its traceability to mission, platform, and payload requirements.

Develop use cases and the concept of operations (ConOps), including operational modes and contingency scenarios.

Develop the system architecture description (SAD), integrating functional, physical, and data views.

Define and maintain the product tree and mission mass, power, and communications budgets, including margins.

Prepare systems engineering technical documentation and support design reviews and ECSS compliance assessment.

Item 01: Academic qualifications and other courses. Proven professional experience. Knowledge of languages (Spanish, English, Galician) with practical application in a professional context (punctuation: 30)

Item 02: Specific SW and HW Merits: (1) Experience or knowledge in programming with software development languages such as C, VHDL, Python, etc., in aerospace and defense environments; (2) familiarity with code control tools (Git or similar); (3) engineering knowledge in the field of UAVs; and (4) expertise in electronics (hardware development or circuit design) for communication systems or UAVs (punctuation: 25)

Item 03: Specific Systems Merits: (1) Experience and knowledge in systems engineering within the space and defense sectors. (2) Experience and knowledge in developing communication, power, and data budgets in space systems. (3) Experience and knowledge in managing interfaces within the field of systems engineering in aerospace and defense environments (punctuation: 20)

Item 04: Other merits related to the tasks to be performed, proactivity, and interest in continuous training, organizational skills, and teamwork in aerospace and defense environments (punctuation: 10)

Item 05: The interview will only be conducted with the 3 candidates who, in the sum of merits, reach a minimum of 50 points (punctuation: 15)

Additional Information

1200 € (including the apportionments of extra payments)

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING - OURENSE Country Spain Geofield