Payload Test System Engineer

Salary: £48 – £54 per hour

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Payload Test System Engineer for an initial 12 -month contract. As the Payload Test System Engineer your main role is the design, development, delivery, and deployment / maintenance of ground test system equipment dedicated to the measurement of the performance of military telecom payloads.

Role: Payload Test System Engineer

Pay: £48 – £54 /ph Ltd co.

Contract: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, 12 months

Location: Portsmouth

Responsibilities

· Understanding or interpreting customer’s test requirements and Validation philosophy

· The design for the test solution for a secured telecom payload

· Support the development and / or procurement of the components needed to the delivery of the end-to-end system

· Work together with the Validation team and the AIT operation team for the consolidation of the requirements and specifications; the delivery phase and the following deployment / support through the AIT ops phases [at payload and spacecraft level]

· As part of a wider project team, take a hands-on role in the measurement of the payload performances and in its analysis

· Compile written reports or analysis documentation – for the test solution and potentially for the units / systems under test

· Support the test campaigns and the analysis of test results, working together with the Assembly, Integration and Test operations team (working in clean room environment)

· Lead investigation of technical issues or problems

· As needed / as required, support customer and supplier test review meetings

Experience

· RF communication engineering

· RF Instruments; Test Equipment and Test technique

· Test automation / COTS test software

· Working within an environment controlled strictly through an established Quality system

Technical Knowledge

· Microwave / high frequency RF engineering

· Knowledge of Satellite Communications systems

· An understanding of equipment fitted to the Satellite payload such as receivers, converters, amplifiers, waveguides, and antennas

· An in-depth knowledge of RF measurement instruments and of their use in the context of telecom payload testing

· Engineering life cycles and equipment/system/payload or environmental testing

· Quality standards

Skills and attributes

· Able to integrate quickly to a team operating within a complex multiple stakeholders’ environment

· Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills

· Strong analytical skills

· Capable of working autonomously against tight deadlines

Additional requirements

· Security Clearance is needed in place

· You will be expected to spend significant periods of time, as required, working at the spacecraft integration site (likely to be in the UK)

· The role might require occasional shift work / weekend work or the support to AIT operations organised in 24/7 rota.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation

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