Do you want to be part of the space future? As support to a European space company we are looking for a AOCS Engineer for Satellites

Activities

Our customer is a European leader in exciting and technologically sophisticated projects in the area of satellites. You will be working on-site as an AOCS Subsystem Engineer for a geostationary satellite programme and will report directly to the project avionics technical responsible. This includes the following activities:

• Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) subsystem engineering for a geostationary satellite project
• In charge of the definition and development of the AOCS subsystem including definition of the verification philosophy on subsystem level and specification of test requirements
• Coordination with system level via the avionics technical responsible of the project
• Responsibility for the management of subcontractors and hardware suppliers, with support of the subcontractor management organisation within the project
• In charge of all AOCS related project activities, ensuring technical quality as well as schedule and budget compliance on subsystem level
• Lead a group of AOCS project engineers

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in engineering, physics or a comparable qualification
• You have several years of professional experience in space projects as AOCS subsystem engineer, AOCS project engineer or in a similar technical position
• AIT project experience would be of advantage
• Ideally, you have already worked on DLR or ESA optical satellite development projects
• Fluency in English language is mandatory; German is advantageous

Starting date: June/July 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative team awaits you. You will benefit from focused training bundled with a competitive salary.

HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration. We open the door to working directly on-site with our principal customers in the space sector who rank amongst the top 25 engineering employers in Europe: EADS and the European Space Agency.