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ExoMars Quality Assurance Engineer
2017-09-13 10:11:26| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA Group is currently recruiting a Quality Assurance Engineer to support the ExoMars project at our clients premises in Stevenage, United Kingdom. Tasks and Activities The scope of work will include Collate AIT NCR lists and status from the AIT QA teams at project level from AIT. Use Pandora, ensuring continuity of inputs for project review. Collate AIT build reconciliations and open points e.g. open work orders, at project level Chair AIT gate reviews MRR, IRR. Ensure open actions from KIPs and MIPs are managed and tracked during all AIT phases. Manage 2nd closures Carry out audits Deploy QUEST Chair posttest reviews for functional verification activities. Post delivery Manage definition and closure of open items. Skills and Experience The following skills and experience are mandatory You have a recognised engineering apprenticeship andor equivalent academic qualification with at least 5 years AIT, Quality or Manufacturing Engineering experience within the Aerospace or Military industry, You have at least 2 years within AIT Quality Assurance Role or product assurance role, You have a good understanding of manufacturing processes, You have analytical skills and methodical approach to problem resolution and investigation, You have teamwork and leadership attributes with excellent written and oral communication and persuasion skills, You are able to communicate at all levels and across nationalities. You have a good knowledge of Space Quality standards, You possess facilitation skills, You understand and embrace quality improvement initiatives, You have good reporting skills, User and promoter of quality tools and methods, particularly problem solving, risk management, statistical process control, metrics, You are organised, practical and logical in work approach, You have a good knowledge of Space Quality standards, You are flexibility to travel within the UK and Europe when required, You are willing to work on shift, oncall or offsite for short periods when required. The following skills would be highly desirable Lean, continuous improvement qualifications, Green or Black belt would be desirable Preferably accredited course in quality assurance or related disciplines. e.g . IQA IET IMechE How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 15102017. Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of SECRET or above. About RHEA Group RHEA Group is a leading engineering consultancy firm with demonstrated expertise in space, system and secure software solutions. We attract skilled engineers, scientists and management professionals and offer a range of exciting career paths working alongside clients such as the European Space Agency, the European GNSS Agency, EUMETSAT and NATO.
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New images from NASA show the final resting place of Europes ExoMars lander
2016-10-31 16:00:17| Extremetech
High-res photos from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shed some light on Schiaparelli's last moments, while raising questions at the same time. The post New images from NASA show the final resting place of Europe’s ExoMars lander appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Mission control has lost contact with the ESAs ExoMars lander
2016-10-21 15:19:05| Extremetech
The ESA is one for two this game; their orbiter is doing fine, but they've lost contact with the Schiaparelli lander -- and the prognosis doesn't look good.
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ESAs ExoMars mission set to land on Mars Wednesday
2016-10-18 22:25:35| Extremetech
After a small snag, the ESA's first Mars landing is proceeding as planned.
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Support for Science Operation Exomars
2016-07-28 14:05:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA is currently recruiting a Support for Science Operation Exomars at our clients premises in Villanueva de la Canada, Spain. Tasks and Activities Science Operations Engineer Uplink Data Production Tasks Definitionupdate and population of the SOC configuration controlled operations data instrument models, observation definitions, observation geometries. Definition and generation of the SOC operations plan and procedures Maintain the ICDs for the SOCPI team interface. SGS Development tasks Support SOC development o Provision of feedback on system performance and characteristics to system engineer and the sw developer throughout the production period as part of the iterative development process o Definition and development of test cases, pass and fail criteria Ensure readiness for Nominal Science Phase Operations o Configuring Nominal SOC systems to any payload activities preceding Nominal Science Operations e.g. Mars Capture Orbit MCO activities o Validating the initial set of nominal science phase operations data o Rehearse the LTP, MTP and STP operations process with the PI teams Operations Rehearsals ORs. Science Operations Engineering tasks Operations Preparation Activities in support to Long Term Planning o Scheduling of the PI teamdefined contributing observations o Validation with MAPPS to generate an operationally feasible candidate plan o Refining the LTP in response to modified LTP inputs o Freezing the LTP baseline and committing to configuration control. Medium Term Planning Activities o Kickoff MTP science planning by providing the PI teams with the baseline observation types o Scheduling defined contributing observations within the MTP period o Use of MAPPS to generate an operationally feasible candidate plan including pointing and resource allocations o Refining the science plan directly with the PI teams at the observation level o Gaining approval of the final MTP plan and freeze the MTP baseline o Generating the pointing and payload request files, then deliver to the MOC. Short Term Planning Activities o Generating a full set of instrument timelines ITLs for all four 1week commanding periods that correspond to the agreed MTP o Working with the PI teams to update their commanding for each CP in turn o Using MAPPS to check that any commanding updates respect the operations constraints and remain within the envelope established in the MTP o Generating the payload operations requests and submitting them to the MOC 1 week before execution for each CP. Skills and Experience University education PhD or MSc in a scientific or technical subject and relevant professional experience. Experience in uplink science operations for solar system missions. Experience in payload modeling, simulation and commanding. Experience with simulation software for spacecraft operations and observation geometry. Experience with planetary science operation tools MAPPS, EPS, SPICE is considered as an asset. How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 11082016. Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of SECRET or above. About RHEA RHEA is a leading engineering consultancy firm with demonstrated expertise in space, system and secure software solutions. We attract skilled engineers, scientists and management professionals and offer a range of exciting career paths working alongside clients such as the European Space Agency, the European GNSS Agency, EUMETSAT and NATO.
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