Senior AOCS Engineer

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the AOCS team with responsibility for all aspects of spacecraft attitude and orbit control for LEO, GEO and Lunar missions. This includes design, analysis as well as software development and hardware delivery. It also covers the mission flight dynamics and support for ground processing.

Engineers at SSTL have involvement on a mission from concept, through to AIT, launch, commissioning and operational life; a true cradle to grave experience and will give you the chance to see your work in Space in a rapid timescale! This key role will often sit within the core team of a satellite mission interacting with other technical leads across multiple disciplines to generate the technical solutions for innovative projects

Key Tasks

• AOCS Sub system lead and Work Package Manager within the AOCS Team responsible for the AOCS subsystem of a spacecraft for the duration of the mission from cradle to grave. Typical duties include:
• Top level design and requirements capture, including working with payload requirements to derive AOCS requirements
• AOCS system and operation design and verification, including all interactions of the AOCS with the rest of the spacecraft system and subsystems.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in AOCS design and analysis

Qualifications Knowledge & Skills

• A degree or equivalent in an engineering or technical discipline
• Good knowledge of Dynamics and Kinematics of Spacecraft
• Good knowledge of control and estimation
  
  

Good knowledge of simulation packages

• Proficient with programming ‘C’ across multiple platforms
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects
• Results orientated, can-do approach
• Decision making and creative problem solving skills
• Highly organised with clear communication skills
• Proven ability to deliver solutions under pressure and to tight timescales
• Excellent inter-personal skills - both written and oral communications; ability to interface with customers and technical representatives
• Good knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Able to demonstrate company mindsets; accountability, one team, customers and projects rule and audacity
• High degree of organisation, self-motivation and initiative

Good team working skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels

Results orientated with a strong drive to deliver

Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities

Pro-active and able to take initiative

Decision making and creative problem solving skills

Ability to multi-task and deliver both immediate and longer term tasks

Location

SSTL prides itself on being a super flexible company. The role is based in our Head Office in Guildford but we fully support hybrid working and a range of flexible working options.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes; 32 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme with Life Assurance, Private Medical & International Travel Insurance, Annual Bonus Scheme, Share Incentive Plan, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Pay for new parents, High Street Discount Scheme and many more!