Space Systems Engineer — Mission Architecture & Lifecycle

ClearSpace; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ClearSpace is seeking a System Engineer to join our Mission and Systems Team, working on current missions and future projects. You will help define the satellite bus architecture and support all lifecycle phases from concept to testing and validation.

The role offers exposure to a rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary environment with opportunities to grow professionally and collaborate across geographically distributed teams.

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Aerospace, Engineering, Physics or similar.
• 2 to 5 years experience on end to end mission experience working as a Systems Engineer for space systems, performing design and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Derive and manage mission, system and segment requirement specifications from mission goals, including system interfaces, across space, ground and launch segments, and ensuring traceability
• Perform system analyses and contribute to system-level trade-offs and design architecture decisions
• Contribute to core SE elements such as functional analysis, concept of operations definition, mission analysis, system modes, FMEA/FMECA, V&V planning
• Maintain system budgets (link, power, delta-v, propellant, etc)
• Evaluate risks and define mitigation strategies. Identify risks, and participate in risk, opportunity and resolution plans
• Write and maintain engineering documentation
• Participate in design reviews and respond to RIDs

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

System analysis

V&V planning

FMEA/FMECA

Education

BSc in Aerospace/Engineering/Physics

MSc/PhD in Aerospace/Engineering/Mechatronics/Physics

Job description

ClearSpace is seeking a System Engineer to join our Mission and Systems Team, working on current missions and future projects. You will help define the satellite bus architecture and support all lifecycle phases from concept to testing and validation.

The role offers exposure to a rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary environment with opportunities to grow professionally and collaborate across geographically distributed teams.