Do you want to be part of the space future? As support to a European space company we are looking for a Assembly, Integration and Test 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 Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) Engineer for a geostationary satellite programme and will report directly to the project technical responsible. This includes the following activities:

• Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) responsibility for development and integration of a geostationary satellite.
• Define and coordinate all AIT project activities in close cooperation with a central AIT department
• In charge of the generation and maintenance of a detailed test documentation including test plans, test procedures and test reports based on the test requirements defined by project system and subsystem engineers
• Coordinate the overall AIT process for development and flight models of a project, both on subsystem and system level
• Responsible for the development of the mechanical and electrical ground support equipment according to project requirements
• Lead a group of payload 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 as AIT Engineer, AIT
• Responsible or in a similar position.
• 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.