Senior Power Engineer Analogue Design

SENIOR POWER ENGINEER - ANALOGUE DESIGN, Job Ref: 2131

An exciting opportunity to make a difference within the industry delivering highly innovative power solutions for spacecraft missions. This role involves responsibility for undertaking the design, analysis, development, verification and delivery of power system and energy conversion solutions into different missions, including power subsystem lead responsibility for those missions.

Engineers at SSTL have involvement on missions right from concept through to launch, commissioning and operational life; a true cradle to grave experience giving 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

Primary role is an Analogue Design Engineer for Space Projects, including design, analysis, development, verification, test and delivery of the power subsystem/modules including Battery Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-3kW), Heater Control Boards, Batteries and Solar Panels. Typical duties include:

· Requirements capture and derivation from top level requirements to module level requirements

· Design and delivery of Analogue/Power Electronics Modules in Spacecraft, which meet these requirements within the agreed schedule/cost

· Management and verification of these requirements

· Carrying out the required analysis to verify that these requirements will be met over the mission life-time including FMECA, WCA, PSA, Reliability Analysis, etc

· Specifying and carrying out the verification tests on hardware

· Authoring of technical documents (including test/verification plans, procedures and technical descriptions)

· Typical Analogue/Power Electronics Equipment in a spacecraft defined as follows: Batter Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-1kW), Heater/Propulsion Control Boards, etc.

Previous Experience

· At least 5 years Analogue/Power Electronics Design experience, ideally in the Space or Aerospace Industries

Qualifications Knowledge & Skills

· BTEC / Degree in Electronics or equivalent

· Excellent understanding of analogue and power electronics

· Familiarity with microprocessor and FPGA interfacing

· Wide knowledge of electronic components, preferably for a space environment

· Wide experience with schematic capture and simulation software (i.e. Mentor Graphics, OrCAD PSPICE, etc.)

· Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities

· Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects

· Results orientated, can-do approach

· Pro-active and able to take initiative

· Good decision making and creative problem-solving skills – being able to ‘think out of the box’

· 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 and behaviours; Be accountable, Drive & delivery, Communicate effectively, Self-manage effectively, Work as one team

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!

Visa Support

SSTL supports applications requiring a UK Skilled Worker Visa and sponsorship is available for this role. Relocation assistance also available.