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Ait Integration Engineer

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Job Responsibility:

  • Planning, execution and delivery of spacecraft, subsystem and unit level mechanical integration activities throughout the AIT and EVT phases
  • Working as part of spacecraft mission teams to efficiently progress the spacecraft through each stage of the Assembly, Integration & Test process and external Environmental test phase
  • Spacecraft mechanical integration & test planning
  • Assist with Spacecraft electrical integration & test planning
  • Assist with Spacecraft harness and test cable definition & manufacture
  • General Cleanroom logistics planning and execution
  • General AIT and EVT support with possible overseas travel
  • Maintain tidiness and safe working practices in the AIT clean room
  • Liaise with mission team and external customers
  • Support training programmes for both internal and customer engineers
  • Presentation at required design, test and project reviews

Requirements:

  • HND/HNC in engineering or science discipline or a minimum of four years of demonstrable hands-on experience
  • Requirements of this post are to hold, or have held in the last 5 years, an EU based personal Security clearance and to be a citizen of one of the member states of the European Union or the Schengen association countries
  • Experience working with space flight hardware
  • Experience of workload planning, scheduling, execution, delivery and follow up activities
  • Good, all round Mechanical and preferably also electrical and/or electronics background
  • Working with verification / validation of requirements
  • Knowledge of mechanical and preferably electronic test equipment
  • Execute work and inspection regime to recognised standards
  • Proven, practical, hands-on ability for both flight build and ground and development testing tasks
  • Good team working skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels
  • Strong attention to detail is essential
  • Good communication skills are required
  • Must be prepared to work irregular hours and weekends during peak workload periods
  • Ability to fly out to support overseas work is required
  • A flexible and pragmatic attitude to work, planning and interactions with others
  • Full, clean driving licence preferred

Nice to have:

  • Experience of working with RF communications systems an advantage
  • Knowledge of mechanical and preferably electronic test equipment
  • Full, clean driving licence preferred

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 14, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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