The Space Hardware Design and Industrialisation Engineer (hereafter abbreviated as “SHDIE”) is a role for a versatile and hands-on electronics engineer, requested to shape the hardware evolution and industrialisation of the Spaceopal innovative, state-of-the-art, real-time, onboard Orbit Determination and Time Synchronisation product for LEO satellites.
The position is an engineering role with substantial technical ownership and coordination responsibilities, rather than a personnel-management role.
Key Responsibilities - Maintain and evolve the product’s electronic architecture, schematics, PCB design and electrical interfaces.
- Define and implement hardware updates, component changes and customer-driven interface adaptations.
- Review power, digital, analogue, RF and timing circuits and support hardware bring-up and troubleshooting.
- Assess the impact of design changes, component obsolescence and supply-chain constraints.
- Support component selection, derating, radiation considerations and EEE parts control in coordination with product assurance.
- Translate findings from verification, qualification and customer integration into robust design improvements
- Responsibilities related to the Industrialisation and production stage:
- Define and implement the industrialisation approach for repeatable production of flight units
- Apply design-for-manufacture, design-for-assembly and design-for-test principles
- Establish the manufacturing and assembly flow together with production partners
- Technically coordinate manufacturers, suppliers and industrial subcontractors, including review of their processes and deliverables
- Support make-or-buy decisions, production-readiness activities and the resolution of manufacturing non-conformances
- Identify opportunities to improve manufacturability, quality, recurring cost and delivery time
- Further aspects of the role:
- Proactive contribution to technology roadmaps for the adoption of new processes and technologies
- Identification of the most appropriate lifecycle and methodologies, such as Agile, SAFe or others
