Space systems engineering Manager
8 days ago
Sant Cugat del Vallès
Aistech Space is focused on generating affordable, recurrent, high resolution thermal imagery of the planet to provide a new perspective of Earth’s changing resources. The company is based in Barcelona and aims to revolutionize remote sensing for environmental monitoring and resource management. Experiencia, cualificaciones y habilidades interpersonales, ¿tiene todo lo necesario para triunfar en esta oportunidad? Descúbralo a continuación. What you will do Aistech Space is looking for a Space Systems Engineer Manager to lead the Space Infrastructure Team in charge of designing, analysing, integrating and testing the new ENABLER payloads of our constellation and future satellites. Your role will be pivotal in leading and managing technically a heterogeneous team of engineers/scientists/sw developers to deliver the Hydra constellation into orbit and its ENABLER payloads, ensuring the best performance and producing high-quality imaging products and services. The main tasks are focused on • Lead the Space Infrastructure department in all phases: design and analysis, integration, testing, launch and operations., • Work together with the SW infrastructure, SW/FW, Remote Sensing, Payloads and Operations teams focusing on timely delivery of ENABLER payloads and Hydra satellites., • Lead R&D proposals, bureaucratic paperwork, launch plans and a long list of activities to push the company forward in line with the Strategic team and working closely with the CTO., • Be part of the Business and Sales team negotiation when interfacing with clients/consortium teams/strategic team to understand their needs, transforming them into internal requirements/needs., • Lead the Hydra constellation development from cradle to grave, guiding management and technical teams., • Be part of the negotiation team, working closely with our partners and suppliers, understanding their proposal and adjusting it to our objectives., • Be able to research for new technologies, create prototyping ideas, be proactive in pushing new technology, operational ideas, calibration methods, system concepts, etc., • Be responsible to follow internal standards and good practices in terms of project management, documentation and time management following an agile approach in your daily work and ensuring the team is also doing it., • Write articles regarding different areas of interest to be published in our Aistech News magazine and on our website blog., • Actively engage in the development of documentation to build out the company procedures and specification manuals. Who you are Must • BSc/MSc in Aerospace, Optics, Electronics, Telecommunications or relevant degree., • Have more than 7 years of experience in relevant Satellite/Payload Systems Engineering experience developing missions from cradle to grave., • Have more than 3 years of experience in Team Management of heterogeneous teams in a relevant Space company., • Open minded and extrovert, active learner and tolerant to criticism., • Proven experience in a full cycle of a satellite and payload systems, from early phases until launch and operations, preferably optical (VNIR, SWIR, LWIR, etc), • Strong knowledge of payload technologies and satellite subsystems: power, comms, AOCS, propulsion, EO payloads, etc., • Strong knowledge of optical performance budgeting and optical geometric and radiometric calibration on-ground and in-orbit., • Experience leading a team technically to deliver a mission into orbit., • Experience in STK, GMAT, MATLAB/SIMULINK or similar simulation SW packages., • Experience on hardware design, specially on Solidworks (or similar)., • Experience on thermal design and FEM analysis of a payload and satellite system., • Proven experience in manufacturing, integrating or testing of payloads or satellites platforms., • Proven experience in payload and/or satellite verification engineering procedures / processes., • Proven experience in ground support equipment for AIV testing (MGSE/EGSE)., • Proven experience in environmental testing of space hardware (vibration, acoustic, shock, thermal vacuum, EMC)., • Strong knowledge developing code in Python., • Strong knowledge of Linux., • Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies. Nice to have • Experience in any related projects with Thermal Payloads (MWIR, LWIR, etc)., • Knowledge of open geospatial application standards and formats (e.g. OGC’s WMS, WMTS, API, etc. as well as STAC, COG, etc.)., • Knowledge of containerized applications (e.g., Docker)., • Knowledge of cloud architecture running imaging processing services., • Knowledge of imaging processing chains and imaging products. Where you will be You will be working on-site in the headquarters offices of Sant Cugat in Barcelona. You will have an allocation of 5 days per month of remote working as per the internal policies of Aistech. What You’ll Gain by Joining Us • Be part of a passionate, collaborative, and respectful team., • Enjoy a stable, permanent contract with a fast-growing company., • Flexible working hours and hybrid work: 6 days/month from home., • Competitive salary and flexible retribution through Cobee., • Free access to paddle tennis courts and an on-site gym., • Daily fresh fruit and coffee to keep you energized., • Work in an international, diverse environment. To be considered for this position, you must already have the legal right to work in the European Union. xcskxlj We are unable to provide visa sponsorship. #J-18808-Ljbffr