Solutions Architect - Remote - Billing Architecture

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited; Guildford; Remote; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology firm located in Guildford seeks a dynamic Electrical Engineer to support the development of the TRUTHS instrument. The ideal candidate should have several years of experience in mixed signal, analogue, and digital hardware engineering, along with a good track record in managing project schedules and budgets. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative space-based projects with a focus on electronics systems integration.

Qualifications

• Several years of mixed signal, analogue and digital hardware engineering experience.
• Good track record with planning and meeting budgets / schedule.
• Experience in managing and working with sub-contractors.
• Experience in space based instrumentation highly desirable.
• Experience in managing complex electronics systems through full life cycle.
• Experience working to ESA ECSS standards highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support and perform electrical architecture activities on the TRUTHS instrument.
• Assist in the review of supplier data packs.
• Review and assist update of payload specification.
• Generate and maintain system block diagrams and electrical interfaces.
• Maintain ICDs, harness definitions, and power budgets.
• Co-ordinate the development of the instrument control unit known as the Payload Management Control System.

Skills

Mixed signal hardware engineering

Analog hardware engineering

Digital hardware engineering

Inter-personal communication

Project management

Creative problem solving

MS Office Skills

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

Job description

As part of the Optical Group the Imaging Electronics Team seeks a dynamic, organised and proactive engineer with high standards to support the electrical development of the ESA TRUTHS instrument.

TRUTHS – The Tracebale Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio-Studies mission will be a ‘standards laboratory in space’, setting the ‘gold standard’ reference for climate measurements.

Key Tasks

• Support and perform electrical architecture activities in conjunction with the current electrical architect team on the TRUTHS instrument.
• Assist in the review, from an electrical and data handling (TMTC) point of view, of supplier data packs and participate in supplier co‑engineering meetings.
• Review and assist update of the payload specification and lower level electrical equipment and data handling.
• Generate and maintain system block diagrams, electrical interfaces, grounding and isolation, electrical block diagram, switching & TMTC diagrams and modes of operation.
• Maintain ICDs, harness definitions, power budgets, data rates.
• Generate applicability matrices and jacket requirement documents for Spacewire and WizardLink interfaces.
• Satellite Reference DataBase (SRDB) definition and development plan.
• Support the AIT team in EGSE definition.
• Co‑ordinate the development of the instrument control unit known as the Payload Management Control System with the subcontractor.
• Act as a point of contact with the subcontractor to ensure system level requirements are addressed appropriately.
• Manage the timely meeting of milestones and reporting of the PMCS status to the Industrial Manager and to the customer (ESA).
• Maintaining technical documents throughout the design lifecycle.
• Contributing and actively taking part in customer design reviews.

Qualifications

• Several years of mixed signal, analogue and digital hardware engineering experience.
• Good track record with planning and meeting budgets / schedule.
• Experience in managing and working with sub‑contractors.
• Experience in space based instrumentation highly desirable.
• Experience in managing complex electronics systems through full life cycle; from requirements capture, verification to system integration.
• Experience working to ESA ECSS standards highly desirable.

Knowledge & Skills

• A degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering.
• Excellent inter‑personal and communication skills, able to influence, persuade and negotiate with people at all levels (externally & internally) as well as to assist in reaching compromises when there are conflicting requirements.
• Self‑motivated, creative, high attention to detail and accountable.
• Ability to work autonomously or within project team(s) and a real company player.
• Good communication skills able to work effectively with both customers, sub‑contractors and suppliers.
• Ability to work under pressure in an organised and responsive manner.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Creative problem solving.
• Good MS Office Skills.