In connection to the ongoing development of a new Propulsion System we are looking for a Propulsion System Engineer to join our clients team. In particular, the system engineer shall support the technical team in developing a clustering of three thrusters (including support structure, piping and thrusters themselves) from a proof-of-concept design stage through development and eventual qualification and flight.
The role encompasses the following overall tasks:
- To develop the design of the mentioned components into a commercial flight unit
- To prepare technical documentation to define the design and present/defend it during ESA programmatic reviews
- To interface/coordinate with technical specialists and designers to produce a design which meets performance requirements, as well as system requirements flow-down
- To be willing to take the lead on all technical aspects and be the technical authority for the design and development process
The ideal candidate shall:
- Be familiar with technical specifications scope and structure and know what it means to deliver a technical scope compliant with the given requirements.
- Have the ability to understand the overall system complexity and its interdisciplinary connections: particularly the consequences/impact of a specific design choice on the overall system and its interfaces
- Have experience on how to translate the objective of requirement compliance into day-to-day implementation and verification work
- Be able to derive subsystem technical specifications from high level requirements
- Have experience with space projects development life-cycle and ESA review process and documentation structure and standard
- Have multidisciplinary background/education with robust understanding of physics, thermodynamics, propulsion
- Be proactive and capable of recommending solutions based on his technical assessment
- Take overall responsibility for the technical solution defined by the technical team
- Have good communication skills and likes working in team
- Be proficient in English
- Have competence on programming in Python and Matlab is a plus