Electrical Architect

Role Description

As part of the Optical Group the Imaging Electronics Team seeks a dynamic, organised and proactive engineer with high standards to support the electrical development of the ESA TRUTHS instrument.

TRUTHS – The Tracebale Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio-Studies mission will be a ‘standards laboratory in space’, setting the ‘gold standard’ reference for climate measurements.

Key Tasks

Support and perform electrical architecture activities in conjunction with th current electrical architect team on the TRUTHS instrument

Assist in the review, from an electrical and data handling (TMTC) point of view, of supplier data packs and participate in supplier co-engineering meetings

Review and assist update of the payload specification and lower level electrical equipment and data handling

Generate and maintain system block diagrams, electrical interfaces, grounding and isolation, electrical block diagram, switching & TMTC diagrams and modes of operation

Maintain ICDs, harness definitions, power budgets , data rates

Generate applicability matrices and jacket requirement documents for Spacewire and WizardLink interfaces

Satellite Reference DataBase (SRDB) definition and development plan

Support the AIT team in EGSE definition

Co-ordinate the development of the instrument control unit known as the Payload Management Control System with the subcontractor

Act as a point of contact with the subcontractor to ensure system level requirements are addressed appropriately

Manage the timely meeting of milestones and reporting of the PMCS status to the Industrial Manager and to the customer (ESA)

Maintaining technical documents throughout the design lifecycle

Contributing and actively taking part in customer design reviews

Person Specification Experience

Several years of mixed signal, analogue and digital hardware engineering experience.

Good track record with planning and meeting budgets/schedule.

Experience in managing and working with sub-contractors

Experience in space based instrumentation highly desirable

Experience in managing complex electronics systems through full life cycle; from requirements capture, verification to system integration

Experience working to ESA ECSS standards highly desirable

Knowledge & Skills

A degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, able to influence, persuade and negotiate with people at all levels (externally & internally) as well as to assist in reaching compromises when there are conflicting requirements

Self-motivated, creative, high attention to detail and accountable

Ability to work autonomously or within project team(s) and a real company player

Good communication skills able to work effectively with both customers, sub-contractors and suppliers

Ability to work under pressure in an organised and responsive manner

Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities

Creative problem solving

Good MS Office Skills