Junior Test Engineers - Ground Segment Didcot, England
Job description
Astroscale UK are looking for a Junior Test Engineers to work with our Ground Systems team to perform the verification and validation of ground systems, including Mission Control System, Mission Planning System, Ground Stations Interface System, Flight dynamics systems and satellite simulator
We are a fast-growing company where you can expand on your experience and develop your skills further to enable your team to deliver amazing results. Your role will help us make a difference every day by ensuring the ground segments are fully integrated to drive forward our missions and help to make space safer and more sustainable for future generations.
Responsibilities
- Perform verification & validation of the systems with other team members while ensuring requirements are met, including systems tests and simulation campaigns.
- Responsible for designing and implementing integration, end to end system level test procedures
- Defines test plans, test campaigns and test review meetings
- Creates and configures test environments,
- Analyses test results and follows issues,
- Works closely with operation, software and ground segment systems teams
- Gathers requirements and contributes to the Verification Control Document
- Interface with the development team internally at Astroscale
- Derive requirements for the ground segment in general and for specific components
Essential Skills
- University degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or other relevant engineering discipline.
- Previous experience as a Test Engineer or similar role
- Troubleshooting skills
- Overall knowledge of the main components of a ground segment and how they interact between them.
- Essential team player as well as proactive.
- Excellent communication skills (required to interface with different cultures/nationalities)
- Good reporting skills (for documentation, keeping track of changes, etc)
- Overall understanding/knowledge of space mission design/development and standard milestones.
- Knowledge of Requirements Engineering.
- Experience with integration, verification and validation of ground segment
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
Desirable skills
- Familiarity with various system and unit level testing skills
- Experience with Satellite Ground Segments and its components and their interactions
- Experience or knowledge of Scrum
- Knowledge of Satellite operations
- Knowledge of Product life cycle
- Knowledge of ECSS and CCSDS
- Basic Linux system administration, shell scripts, make, etc.
- Development on Linux systems.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology
- Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment
- Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
- 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
- Life insurance and long-term sick pay
- Private healthcare (taxable benefit)
- Relocation allowance
- Visa sponsorship for employees
- New state of the art office and cleanroom facility
- Regular social events
Location
Astroscale UK (Harwell), with potential for some travel to Astroscale Japan (Tokyo)
About Astroscale
We aim to deliver cutting edge technologies that will become part of routine commercial space operations by 2030.
Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, we are developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of in-orbit servicing missions, including End of Life services, Active Debris Removal, In-situ Space Situational Awareness and Life Extension Services, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate against the hazardous build-up of debris in space.
Astroscale is an Equal Opportunities employer and embraces a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Note to recruitment agencies: Astroscale operates a preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency approaches. Please do not forward candidate CVs or details in response to this advert, or to any Astroscale employee.
