Senior System Engineer – Space

About this role

Responsibilities

• Develop product architectures for thermal products for spacecraft, satellite platforms, instruments or payload, ensuring optimal performance for the specific mission conditions.
• Own the system architecture, requirements allocation, bidirectional traceability and controlled technical baseline.
• Define and approve mechanical, thermal, fluidic, electrical and control interfaces.
• Lead trade studies, technical budgets and design decisions across performance, mass, power, reliability and risk.
• Define the verification and qualification strategy, including ICDs, DDVPs, VCDs and design justifications.
• Chair technical reviews and lead integration, anomaly resolution, change-impact assessment and delta qualification.
• Provide technical direction to design, analysis, test, Product Assurance and supplier teams.
• Who you are:
• You bring a systems perspective to your work and keep a disciplined eye on requirements and interfaces. You are decisive and analytical, and you can explain technical trade-offs clearly to engineers and non-engineers alike. You are pragmatic, work well with colleagues across disciplines, and are comfortable taking technical ownership. You are comfortable in a fast-moving, technical environment where priorities can shift and decisions get made quickly.
• Required qualifications:
• BSc or MSc in aerospace, systems, mechanical, electrical engineering, engineering physics or equivalent.
• At least five years of systems-engineering experience in complex hardware, including direct involvement in a space project.
• Experience of hands-on ownership of