Technical Architect - Spacecraft Systems

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Technical Architect to support our rapidly growing and innovative company. As a Technical Architect you will reinforce and strengthen the engineering department, using your skillset to advance its evolution in a growth context (namely Systems).

 

Our ideal candidates will not only be passionate about space and space sustainability but will be passionate about supporting our teams by bringing a wealth of technical experience and expertise to advance Astroscale UK’s position.

 

We are a fast-growing company where you can expand on your experience and develop your skills further to enable us to deliver amazing results. This role is critical to ensure make a difference every day by ensuring the architecture is in place to drive forward our missions and help to make space safer and more sustainable for future generations.

 

As a Technical Architect you will be the right hand of the Engineering Director and take ownership of a number of delegated responsibility to ensure Astroscale UK delivers on time, and with ambition.

Responsibilities

 

• Technical decisions for projects
  • Receives the Engineering Director’s delegation of authority in relation to technical decisions
  • Is the technical reviewer for their field of specialism across each of the engineering domains
  • Is the key referent/ first point of contact in case of technical queries that cannot be managed by the respective teams

 

• Problem resolution
  • Works across the engineering teams to ensure problems are managed from identification through to resolution. Help resolve technical problems as and when they arise
  • Analyses issues breaking them down into smaller manageable parts

 

• Project & technical development reviews
  • Oversees the technical development and implementation of assigned programs in the relevant project reviews, and guides teams

 

• Engineering processes and procedures
  • Ensures quality of standards and procedures across engineering; defining, mapping and proposing processes and procedures
    

Essential Skills

• Undergraduate engineering degree in an associated field. 
  
• Extensive experience in the development & design of spacecraft systems
• Experience at spacecraft level in a systems architecture roles
  
• At least 10-15+ years’ experience in their areas of expertise
• Experience working with businesses delivering long-term complex projects and programmes
• Analytically excellent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels
• Resilience, passion for results
• Curious, problem-solving skills, challenges the status quo
• Principles led and impeccable work ethic
• The ability to act as a role model for Astrocale’s culture

Desirable skills

 

• Masters or PhD in an associated field
  

 

Benefits

 

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit)
  
• Relocation allowance
• Visa sponsorship for employees
• New state of the art office and cleanroom facility
• Regular social events 

 

Location

 

Astroscale UK (Harwell), with potential for some travel to Astroscale Japan (Tokyo) and to partners / conferences

 

 

About Astroscale

                                                   

We aim to deliver cutting edge technologies that will become part of routine commercial space operations by 2030.

 

Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, we are developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of in-orbit servicing missions, including End of Life services, Active Debris Removal, In-situ Space Situational Awareness and Life Extension Services, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate against the hazardous build-up of debris in space.

 

Note to recruitment agencies: Astroscale operates a preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency approaches. Please do not forward candidate CVs or details in response to this advert, or to any Astroscale employee.