189297 Research support specialist technician

Universidade de Vigo; España; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING - OURENSE seeks a part-time research assistant to contribute to PAP/QAP development and to support parts control, EEE/COTS assessments, and M&PP activities.

The role emphasizes aerospace and defense systems knowledge, programming in C/VHDL/Python, and experience with UAVs.

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications and other courses. Proven professional experience. Knowledge of languages (Spanish, English, Galician) with practical application in a professional context.
• Specific SW and HW merits: experience with C, VHDL, Python in aerospace/defense; familiarity with code control tools (Git or similar); UAVs engineering knowledge; and electronics for communication systems or UAVs.
• Specific Systems Merits: experience in systems engineering within space/defense; budgets for comms, power, and data in space systems; managing interfaces in aerospace/defense environments.
• Other merits related to tasks, proactivity, continuous training, organizational skills, and teamwork in aerospace and defense environments.
• Personal interview; the interview will be conducted only with those candidates who reach a minimum of merit points.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and maintaining the product assurance plan (PAP) and, where applicable, the quality assurance plan (QAP).
• Prepare the parts control plan (PCP) and declared parts, materials and processes lists (DPL, DML and DPL-PROC).
• Assess EEE and COTS component suitability using reliability, environmental and available-evidence criteria.
• Support the materials and processes plan (M&PP), including compatibility, cleanliness and contamination control.
• Update ECSS-Q compliance matrices and maintain records supporting parts and processes acceptance.

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 189297 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Support with the following tasks:

Contribute to developing and maintaining the product assurance plan (PAP) and, where applicable, the quality assurance plan (QAP).

Prepare the parts control plan (PCP) and declared parts, materials and processes lists (DPL, DML and DPL-PROC).

Assess EEE and COTS component suitability using reliability, environmental and available-evidence criteria.

Support the materials and processes plan (M&PP), including compatibility, cleanliness and contamination control.

Update ECSS-Q compliance matrices and maintain records supporting parts and processes acceptance.

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: Personal interview. The interview will be conducted only with those 3 candidates who, in the sum of the 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