System Integration And Test Engineer

**Candidates must have SC Clearance or be eligible for SC Clearance**

What if your work could help shape the future of space? Our client's Space business is tackling some of the most exciting challenges beyond Earth — developing advanced technologies that support critical missions, protect vital capabilities and push the boundaries of what’s possible. Join us and bring your ideas, expertise and ambition to a team where the work you do today can help define what comes next.

Seeking a graduate or early career AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Test) Engineer to support the integration, functional test and verification of equipment, sub-systems and spacecrafts. You'll follow the hardware through the whole engineering life cycle, from design for manufacture, unit-acceptance, integration, functional test, environmental testing (vibration, TVAC, EMC) and System End-to-End Testing.

• Focus on integration, functional and verification testing: Support in the integration and functional test phases within spacecraft production, working with software tools and hardware.
• Test Procedures: Collaborate with engineering teams to develop comprehensive test procedures for various spacecraft systems.
• Results Analysis: Analyse test results to identify issues, trends, and improvements, ensuring high-quality performance and reliability of spacecraft and sub-systems.
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation for all software tools and test procedures.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including systems engineers, hardware engineers, and other software developers, to ensure cohesive integration and testing processes.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical issues that arise during the assembly, integration, and testing phases.
• Innovation: Continuously seek and implement improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of AIT processes.

The role holder is accountable for:

• Adhering to cleanroom disciplines and procedures, including ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)
• Maintaining accurate work records, documentation & traceability of products, parts & workmanship

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

Knowledge:

• Good engineering principles (requirements, plan, procedure and reports)
• Prior experience working within high-reliability aerospace environments (desirable)
• Knowledge of ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) processes
• Knowledge of cleanroom processes

Skills:

• Both hardware and software skills
• Willingness to learn
• Ability to grasp project execution methodologies
• Maintaining accurate work records, documentation & traceability of products, parts & test results
• Familiarity with spacecraft systems and testing methodologies is a plus.
• Knowledge or experience of programming languages and tools relevant to spacecraft testing and integration is advantageous (shell scripting, Ubuntu, Python, Java, C/C++)

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