Systems Engineer, Space Payloads & Satellite Systems

UK Space Jobs; Oxford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Space Jobs in Oxford is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, integrate and test advanced sensor and communication payloads for satellite systems. The role covers requirements capture, architecture development and flight equipment delivery from concept through testing.

The successful candidate will have space-environment experience, formal configuration control expertise and strong problem-solving skills, with optics/Optical sensors experience considered a plus.

Qualifications

• Five years' experience designing, manufacturing and testing complex systems.
• Experience with systems intended for space environments.
• Experience with formal configuration control and qualification/acceptance testing.
• Strong systems engineering and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with optics, optical sensors or Zemax OpticStudio is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Capturing and managing engineering requirements.
• Developing system architectures and concepts of operation.
• Managing budgets for power, mass and links.
• Coordinating with customers, subcontractors and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Planning and overseeing integration and test campaigns.
• Analyzing performance and test data and producing reports.
• Supporting reliability, FDIR and FMECA activities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Architecture design

Problem solving

Space environment experience

Tools

Zemax OpticStudio

Job description

UK Space Jobs in Oxford is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, integrate and test advanced sensor and communication payloads for satellite systems. The role covers requirements capture, architecture development and flight equipment delivery from concept through testing.

The successful candidate will have space-environment experience, formal configuration control expertise and strong problem-solving skills, with optics/Optical sensors experience considered a plus.