Deputy Global Chief Engineer

Astroscale is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual for the position of Deputy Global Chief Engineer. The Deputy Global Chief Engineer will play a critical role in guiding, coordinating, and assessing technical quality and risk of Astroscale engineering projects to ensure mission success. This senior position requires a wide range of space industry experience and knowledge, ability to understand complex
problems, and excellent communication and team working skills to work directly with our global engineering team The role will also work to identify engineering inefficiencies and areas of cost savings across all global engineering projects

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly growing global company seeking to address the safe and sustainable development of space through development of in orbit services technologies . This position will work closely with our UK and France office along with other projects and staff in Europe but will interact and support all global Astroscale engineering teams across multiple geographies, time zones, languages, and cultures. Some international travel will be required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews and technical meetings to provide technical review and feedback.
• Participate and support Failure Review Boards (FRB), Material Review Boards (MRB), major Non-Conformance Report (NCR) investigations, and other major failures and anomaly investigations as required.
• Ensure engineering standards and best practices are being followed across all global programs.
• Work with and support local engineers on various engineering projects to ensure technical consistency and provide guidance as needed.
• Lead the development and maintenance of a comprehensive technical risk matrix, identifying and managing potential technical risks associated with all Astroscale projects and engineering initiatives on a global scale.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration among engineering teams across different global offices, ensuring alignment of technical goals and objectives.
• Lead the technical assessments and input for global cost reduction efforts by identifying opportunities for engineering efficiency improvements and implementing solutions and tools to optimize engineering processes and workflows.
• Reports to Global Chief Engineer and supports all tasks and efforts of the Global Chief Engineering office.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of hands-on engineering experience on a space or space related project within the space industry.
• Experience with the entire design life cycle of satellite development projects such as: mission analysis design, requirements development, system budgets, design reviews, assembly integration and test (AIT), launch operations, and in-orbit operations.
• Broad knowledge of spacecraft subsystems & various satellite engineering disciplines.
• Familiarity with space industry standards, best practices, and engineering development process.
• Effective communication skills including strong written and verbal communication capabilities in English.
• Ability to work in a collaborative international environment.
• Degree in engineering or related field

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrate leadership capabilities and experience in managing complex technical engineering projects.
• Knowledge of space debris, space situational awareness, rendezvous, docking, proximity operations and/or formation flying.
• Familiarity with space related international export regulations and compliance requirements.
• Experience working in an international organization.

Location

Harwell, United Kingdom or Toulouse, France.

 

Entity

Astroscale Holdings Inc.

About Astroscale 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 solely dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, Astroscale is developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of on-orbit servicing missions, including life extension, in-situ space situational awareness, end-of-life services, and active debris removal, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate the growing and hazardous buildup of debris in space. Astroscale is also defining business cases and working with government and commercial stakeholders to develop norms, regulations, and incentives for the responsible use of space. Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has an international presence with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Israel, and Singapore. Astroscale is a rapidly expanding venture company, working to advance safe and sustainable growth in space and solve a growing environmental concern. Find out more about Astroscale at www.astroscale.com.