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Optical Systems Engineer
2015-09-30 10:04:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our customers we are currently recruiting an Optical Systems Engineer for their location in the London area, UK. The organization is the worlds leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science, and communications. The company designs, manufactures and operates high performance satellites and ground systems. Tasks and Responsibilities Development of spaceborne optical systems within a multidisciplinary team performing optical instrument system design, being the technical point of contact for the relevant optical systems. Design and development of optical systems from concept through to manufacture, system integration and verification. Management of new optical solutions including the programmatic and technical aspects of work packages relevant to area of expertise. Define and own technical requirements specifications for optical payload systems, including trade analysis of these requirements working closely with the spacecraft system engineer to identify derived requirements. Development planning, budget and schedule management Ownership of risk registers and appropriate mitigation as agreed with the project manager. The ability to pragmatically review and critique optical systems for application in space, balancing technical requirements with programmatic and budget constraints. Support to and ownership of, but not limited to Optical system architecture definition Optical design Performance evaluation and testing Subsystem and component specification definition Subsystem and component manufacture oversight Optical system alignment and testing Experience and Education BSc in Optics, Physics or engineering ideally with 3 years of related practical optical or spacecraft experience. Comprehensive knowledge of Optical Engineering, applied to space applications, coupled with a working knowledge of other engineering disciplines e.g. electronics, electrooptical device physics and optomechanics. Knowledge and experience of other spacecraft systems would be an advantage. The candidate should have basic optomechanical knowledge to aid in optical system development. Knowledge in materials and component selection, in the space domain. End to end Optical Engineering knowledge and experience including o Requirements Engineering and Trade offs o Electrooptomechanical Design and Analysis o Integration of Optical Systems preferably including Space Systems o Validation and Verification, including testing Design software knowledge, such as stray light analysis software e.g. FRED, SolidWorks, Ansys, matlab. Optical design experience with proficiency in Zemax is desirable. Knowledge of spacecraft systems design would be an advantage including materials Good MS Office Skills Knowledge of Quality Management mechanisms About ATG Europe ATG Europe prides itself in employing Europes brightest minds, and for the last 30 years we have been a key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD and Engineering environments throughout Europe. Our headquarters is located in the heart of the European space industry on the Noordwijk Space Business Park, in close proximity of ESAESTEC. We have subsidiaries on the Bremen Technology Park in Germany and on the Harwell Space Campus in the UK. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. We need you to complement our super star team! Interested? Submit your application directly to our recruitment consultant on harald.vanklaverenatgeurope.com. We encourage you to submit your CV in the Europass format.
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