Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) Engineer – ESA Space Science mission - Toulouse - 3 positions: DMS, AOCS, Power (m/f) - Ref. No. 24-79553

Would you like to be part of our specialist services group, who have been providing engineering support to space agencies and prime contractors for more than 50 years?
For our customer, a major space prime, we are seeking 3 AIT engineers for an exciting ESA space science project. The three positions are to support in the Data Management System (DMS), AOCS and Power domains respectively.

Job description
You will be assigned as Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) Engineer to support a major ESA Space Science mission at the customer site in Toulouse.

Responsibilities
The scope of work is to provide a functional and operations support to the customer AIT team for preparation, execution and test result evaluation covering all activities of spacecraft testing and operations. Activities will be focussed at beginning on the Engineering Model.

Each of the positions has a different specialty as follows:

• Position 1: Data Management System (DMS)

• Position 2 :Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) and

• Position 3: Power and Instrument tests

Specific activities for each of the technical domains are:

• Data Management System (DMS)
  • DMS at P/F, instruments and S/C levels,
  • Central SW (CSW) loading and testing of DMS mechanisms,
  • Mission/FDIR with CSW,
  • EGSE support for CCS,
  • EGSE support for SIMAIT,
  • EGSE support for TMTC Front-End,
  • Management (population, maintenance) of the database for specific AIT needs (i.e. scoe parameters, specific monitoring parameters, management of forbidden telecommands),
• Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS)
  • open and closed-loop tests, with HW In the Loop (HIL) or with simulated equipment,
  • EGSE support for Simulator Front End (SIMFE)
• Power and Instrument tests
  • Electrical Power Subsystem, limited to Battery charge/discharge management,
  • Instrument testing, at DMS level (communication mechanisms with Command and Data Mgt Unit and Solid-State Mass Memory (SSMM)) then in science operational modes, with end-to-end tests from instrument up to the download of science stored in SSMM,
  • Mission/FDIR with CSW version V3,
  • EGSE support for Power SCOE.

• Understanding of functional test specification and translation into structured test concept
• Understanding of detailed user and operational manuals required to operate spacecraft.
• Creation of executable SW code in the tcl language of CCS5, for test sequences, so-called Automated Test Procedures (ATP). ATPs include also the GSE command control required to operate, stimulate, monitor the spacecraft interfaces.
• Preliminary testing of the ATPs on the SIMAIT simulator.
• Execution and debugging of ATP on the S/C EM model.
• Creations and / or adaptation of synoptic pictures.
• Daily spacecraft operations.
• EGSE setup and operation, locally, through CCS or ATP commands.
• Data retrieval and data post processing.
• Evaluation of test results and participating to test report preparation.
• Participation to the team meetings (i.e. weekly AIT meeting, engineering meetings, daily operations meeting, Post-Test Reviews (PTR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Test Review Board (TRB)…).
• Participation to failure analyse board, so-called Non-conformance Review Board (NRB),.
• Contribution to the Return of Experience process, shared between EM and PFM models for centralizing AIT relevant experiences.
• Daily coordination with the AIT lead and functional lead.
• Taking part in problem investigation and NCR closeout.
• Aiding specific spacecraft tests detailed by activity control sheets.
• Familiarisation and use of all tools and processes defined to aid spacecraft integration and test.
• Documentation of knowledge acquired in user manuals and wikis to aid the EM and PFM team.

These are full time positions, located at our customer site in Toulouse (France).

Start date of the project is foreseen in September 2024.

What’s our company like?
We are an international company representing world class expertise, delivering complex and high-tech products and services. We value our colleagues and our meaningful contributions to securing people through advanced technology.

You will be part of the Terma Space Division which has for 50 years delivered mission-customized software and hardware products including power systems and star trackers as well as services to the European space market. We have supported a large number of pioneering European scientific and Earth Observation satellite missions and continue to be contracted for the development and delivery of software and hardware systems and services for numerous ongoing and future European, and international missions.

Terma Space operates out of Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Romania, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.

How to succeed in this position?
We are searching for experienced Assembly Integration and Test (AIT) Engineers with industrial experience as operator in functional validation with a minimum 3 years experience in the space industry.

• Applicants shall have preferably a University degree in the domain of Telecommunications, Electronics, Systems, or Aerospace Engineering or other suitable equivalent qualification.
• Mandatory skills:
• • Good programming skills, especially in tcl language.
  • Knowledge of the verification approach, and of the S/C technical domains under test
  • For EGSE support: good knowledge in electronics and SW domains. – ideally CCS5/TOPE
  • For database support: good knowledge of database tools.
  • Knowledge of the EGSE and bench architecture, network infrastructures, verification approach.
  • Experience in satellite AIT activities is needed.
  • Good knowledge in UNIX/Linux/Windows usage and Jira tool.
  • Knowledge of ECSS and MIB (format for database exports) would be an asset.

In the particular domain of Power and Instrument tests, due to the criticality of the subsystem and related activities (i.e. battery charging, specific test under limit power conditions ...), a specific experience in power-related AIT is desired.

Languages: French and English fluent. German would be an asset as well.

Candidates who have experiences in several technical domains are asked to indicate their preference to a specific domain.

The candidates have to be willing to undertake regular business travel between customer sites.

Candidates have to undergo a basic security screening during the application process (e.g. formal statement of good conduct, issued by an official government entity; reference persons) and security clearance to enter customer premises.

Permanent contract (CDI) based on French labor law conditions.

Any unanswered questions?
For further information, please contact Mr. Guido Damm by email [[email protected]].

We look forward to receiving your application and CV. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com.

Application deadline:
29. May 2024