GNC-AOCS Sensors and Actuators Engineer [25212]

Company description

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.
We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.
HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.
We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry. 

Job description

As part of the team at ESTEC you will have the following responsibilities:

Technical support and consultancy in the field of GNC/AOCS sensors and actuators (such as star trackers, gyroscopes, accelerometers, IMUs, magnetometers, Sun and Earth sensors, lidar, hybrid navigation systems, 3D cameras, optical navigation sensors and actuators such as wheels and CMGs) throughout research, development and possibly project phases, including:

- sensors and actuators development:

• Support in defining, initiating and managing R&D activities covering both long- and short-term needs;

• Support in R&D activity reviews and meetings and reporting on the R&D activity development, progress and planning

• Support the dissemination of the results of the activities performed and the transfer of knowledge across the Agency;

• Support the introduction of any lesson learnt, important information and results from R&D developments, Project support and hands-on activities in common repository

• Support the definition, review, tailoring and implementation of European standards in the AOCS/GNC sensors and actuators domain

• Provide expert technical support in the development of GNC/AOCS hardware units;

• Support anomaly investigations, both during development on ground and in-flight;

• Support the development and validation of Sensors performance or functional models;

• Provide support to ESA in relation to projects for GNC/AOCS hardware units;

• Support the Review and analysis of electronic schematics and drawings;

• Support the review and comment AOCS/GNC equipment design documentation (hardware and software).

-sensors and actuators facilities:

• Conduct tests (incl. writing test plan, procedures, reports) in the AOCS/GNC Sensors Laboratory facility to support independent characterization or investigations;

• Develop and validate ground software (Ground Support Equipment) to interface with AOCS/GNC Sensors or Actuators to enable testing;

• Develop and validate simulation tools for image sensors or cameras (image rendering, detector characterization);

• Maintain laboratory facility inventory, Sharepoint structure and calibration status of equipment;

• Provide support to maintain laboratory facilities and test benches (for safety, nominal operations, enhancements)