Senior Power Engineer - Analogue Design
Job Reference : GTL-2021-07-106
Location: Guildford, United Kingdom
Tasks:
- Requirements capture and derivation from top level requirements to module level requirements
- Design and delivery of Analogue/Power Electronics Modules in Spacecraft, which meet these requirements within the agreed schedule/cost
- Management and verification of these requirements
- Carrying out the required analysis to verify that these requirements will be met over the mission’s life-time, including FMECA, WCA, PSA, Reliability Analysis, etc
- Specifying and carrying out the verification tests on hardware
- Authoring of technical documents (including test/verification plans, procedures and technical descriptions)
- Typical Analogue/Power Electronics Equipment in a spacecraft defined as follows: Batter Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-1kW), Heater/Propulsion Control Boards, etc.
Skills & Experience:
5+ years Analogue/Power Electronics Design experience, ideally in the Space or Aerospace Industries
- BBTEC / Degree in Electronics or equivalent
- Excellent understanding of analogue and power electronics
- Familiarity with microprocessor / FPGA interfacing
- Wide knowledge of electronic components, preferably for a space environment.
- Excellent experience with schematic capture and simulation software (ie Mentor Graphics, CADSTAR, OrCAD PSPICE, etc.)
- Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
- Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects
- Results orientated, can-do approach Pro-active and able to take initiative
- 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