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

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience in AOCS, covering:
• System level design
• Control and estimation
• Hardware and software
• Verification
• Previous experience in operations is desirable
• Knowledge of AOCS hardware product details and electrical systems is desirable.
• 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

• 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.
• Subsystem module, sensor and actuator definition and requirements and flow to product owners and equipment engineers.
• Support hardware delivery for spacecraft integration. Includes monitoring procurement or development and test where necessary.
• AOCS mode, algorithm and control design
• AOCS software requirements and TM/TC
• LEOP and commissioning of the AOCS
• Authoring of Technical documents
• Interaction with customers
• Managing the budget and schedule
• Additional responsibilities will include:
• General design support within the Team and across projects
• General software development support within the Team and across projects
• Support to bid activities, studies and R&D as required
• Mentoring and development of junior AOCS engineers
• Peer review of other missions