Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Hybrid Challenging Missions

Holt Executive; South Oxfordshire; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible core hours

25 days holiday

Bank holidays

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Relocation support

Modern facilities

Team events

Job summary

Holt Executive is seeking a Spacecraft Systems Engineer to play a central role in the design and development of complex spacecraft missions. You will work across multiple engineering disciplines to craft robust technical solutions.

As the technical architect across the mission lifecycle, you will support system design, requirements, trade-offs, integration, verification and operations, delivering impactful results on high-profile space programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in deriving, verifying and tracing system requirements.
• Ability to perform system-level trade studies and technical assessments.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop spacecraft mission and system-level designs.
• Derive, allocate, verify and maintain system requirements and traceability.
• Perform system-level trade studies and technical assessments.
• Manage spacecraft budgets including mass, power, data and propellant.
• Produce and maintain CONOPS, V&V plans, ICDs and other systems docs.
• Own and manage system-level interfaces, including space-to-ground and TM/TC.
• Support spacecraft testbeds, validation and system-level testing.
• Contribute to FDIR, FMECA and fault-tree activities.
• Coordinate engineering activities across subsystem teams.
• Support integration, verification and environmental test campaigns.
• Present technical analyses to stakeholders.
• Contribute to bids, proposals and early-stage mission studies.
• Support reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR.
• Provide technical support during commissioning and critical in-orbit operations.

Skills

Systems engineering

Satellite systems

Requirements derivation

Trade studies

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

GMAT

Orekit

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Holt Executive is seeking a Spacecraft Systems Engineer to play a central role in the design and development of complex spacecraft missions. You will work across multiple engineering disciplines to craft robust technical solutions.

As the technical architect across the mission lifecycle, you will support system design, requirements, trade-offs, integration, verification and operations, delivering impactful results on high-profile space programmes.