Satellite Platform Engineering Consultant

SPACETECH INTERNATIONAL Limited; Comunidad de Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 92,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day rate €500-€800

Job summary

SPACETECH INTERNATIONAL Limited is seeking a senior satellite platform engineer for a Spain-based hybrid role. You will join our consultancy partner on the operator side of a European secure connectivity constellation, working on the LEO program.

You will help write the RFPs for satellites and launch services and oversee hardware through reviews, launch campaigns, LEOP, and in-orbit testing. If issues arise in orbit, you will help lead investigations and ensure mission success under a long-term

Qualifications

• Around 10 years in satellite platform engineering, across procurement, manufacturing/AIT or in-orbit operations (GEO or LEO).
• Experience on large ESA or EU programmes, ideally at a prime.
• A Master's in aerospace, electrical engineering, physics or similar.

Responsibilities

• Write the RFP for satellites and launch services.
• Follow hardware through unit, subsystem and system reviews, the launch campaign, LEOP and in-orbit testing.
• If something goes wrong in orbit, help lead the investigation.

Skills

Satellite platform engineering

Procurement

Manufacturing/AIT

In-orbit operations

Education

Master's degree in aerospace / electrical engineering / physics

Job description

Spain | Hybrid, minimum 3 days a week onsite | €500 to €800 per day | Multi-year contract

Most platform engineers only see one slice of a satellite's life. Here you'll see all of it.

You'd join our consultancy partner on the operator side of a European secure connectivity constellation, working on the LEO constellation.

You'd help write the RFP for the satellites and launch services. Then you'd follow the hardware through unit, subsystem and system reviews, the launch campaign, LEOP and in-orbit testing. If something goes wrong in orbit, you'll help lead the investigation.

What's in it for you

• A programme at the start. You'll shape decisions now rather than inherit them later.
• Client-side authority. You'll hold the manufacturers to account rather than being held to account.
• Autonomy. You'll report directly to the MD.
• Long-term security. It's a multi-year contract, at a day rate most perm salaries don't match.
• English working language. Spanish helps, but you don't need it.

What you'll need

• Around 10 years in satellite platform engineering, across procurement, manufacturing/AIT or in-orbit operations (GEO or LEO)
• Experience on large ESA or EU programmes, ideally at a prime
• A Master's in aerospace, electrical engineering, physics or similar

If you're working on platform engineering for a LEO satcoms programme now, 7 to 8 years could be enough.