WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a proactive engineer who is comfortable working across multiple engineering domains and willing to get involved in all aspects of the instrument development.
You must have a degree in an engineering, physics or closely related discipline. You will have experience in the design or use of high-end scientific instrumentation and worked in a project to deliver within required timelines. We are also interested in hearing from experimentally minded graduates who excel at problem solving and like to be challenged or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of research,
This career opportunity will suit a motivated individual who would relish working with a small team who have developed instruments that have produced outstanding science on missions such as Cassini, Rosetta, Cluster, Solar Orbiter and JUICE.

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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.
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ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you highly collaborative? Do you have an impressive background in scientific instrumentation? Does the idea of applying your talents and creativity to the future of space exploration excite you? If so, then this could be the perfect career opportunity for you.
The Space Magnetometer Laboratory is in search of an Instrument Engineer to become part of the highly successful, multi-disciplinary team. This unique opportunity will enable you to contribute to the development of the magnetometer onboard European Space Agency’s new space weather monitoring satellite, Vigil.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

You will work within a cross-disciplinary engineering team developing the Vigil Magnetometer. Working across the engineering specialisms, you will be involved in all aspects of the instrument design, build and test programme. There will be the opportunity to engage in a range of tasks, key examples of which are shown below.

• Supporting the instrument design activities
• Performing critical data analysis
• Undertaking test and verification campaigns (In UK and abroad)
• Supporting the manufacture of critical hardware
• Writing supporting documentation as required