Specialist AIV Systems Engineer

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D-Orbit is hiring an Assembly-Integration-and-Verification (AIV) systems engineer to join our growing systems engineering team. As an integral part of the group, you will be involved in the design, verification and validation, including launch and on-orbit operations of the various D-Orbit spacecraft platforms. As AIV engineer, your main focus will be on the verification and validation activities, including environmental test campaign and participation to the launch vehicle integration activities at the launch base. Your ultimate objective as AIV systems engineer is to verify ensure your systems, the spacecraft, is compliant vs the applicable requirements and validated against the user needs in the real operative mission.

You will work together with other systems engineers, following the full design and development cycle of the systems product, starting from the preliminary design and the requirements capture, preliminary systems architecture and detailed systems/subsystems design, analysis and trade-off, definition of the verification campaign, test plan and procedures, execution of the tests on first prototypes and final requirements compliance assessment. Particularly you will focus on requirements verification methods and compliance matrixes, verification and validation plan and technology development plan. You will define test specifications/procedures and actively participate in the execution of the verification activities, including reporting and data postprocessing to eventually demonstrate requirement compliance. You will support the flight operations team in the execution of on-orbit validation tests during the real on-orbit mission.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

· Plan the integration and testing of new satellites from components acceptance to launch campaign shipment;

· Define and maintain the verification and validation strategy, model philosophy and plan, participating to the Assembly Verification and Integration (AIV) / Manufacturing-Assembly-Testing-Integration (MAIT) activities;

· Define the systems and subsystems verification test plans and procedures;

· Manage autonomously the systems-level and OBDH s/s functional verifications, including the tests execution on the engineering models / flat-sat;

· Work within a multidisciplinary team of specialists on the systems and s/s design;

· Contribute to the systems and subsystems budgeting and integration within the project team;

· Support systems- and subsystems- requirements capturing & management, with focus on verification;

· Interface with prototyping technicians and with launch campaign team during the V&V campaign;

· Support the Flight Ops team for on-orbit validation activities throughout the mission execution.

Professional Experience:

· We are interested in speaking to people with a minimum of three year of relevant work experience, preferably in space, acceptable in other engineering domains, e.g. aeronautics.

Job Requirements:

· Experienced and autonomous in definition of test plans, test procedures and reports.

· Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of Test (functional testing, Electrical bonding/isolation, Vibration, TVAC;

· Practical hands-on experience in test execution on engineering models / flat-sat or equivalent HW-SW testbench;

· Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles and systems-level knowledge of all spacecraft subsystems, with particular emphasis on OBDH;

· Knowledge of data busses architectures;

· Knowledge of Health and Safety principles and their application to the specific environment;

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;

· Proactive attitude and ability to work in a team;

· Experience in the use of Matlab and Python;

· Knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Nice-to-have skills:

• DOORS / Jama requirements experience;
• Knowledge of Linux.
• Knowledge of ECSS/NASA standards.

Education:

University degree preferably in the fields of Aerospace/Space Engineering, acceptable in relevant engineering domains.

Language:

This role requires professional proficiency in English.

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We actively strive to build a culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, and where all voices are heard and valued. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels safe, supported, and empowered to share their ideas, and where everyone is given equal opportunities to grow and excel. We believe that our differences make us stronger, and we will continue to work diligently to create an inclusive culture at D-Orbit that reflects this belief.