MERITUS are recruiting for a Satellite Electrical Engineer to join our client on an initial 6 month contract with very likely extensions thereafter. Overtime is available and there might be travel to Oxford involved in the position.
SATELLITE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £45 PER HOUR - STEVENAGE - 6 months - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS
Responsibilities
* Maintenance and fault finding of electronic/RF test racks.
* Computer system and networks administration.
* Programming and Scripting languages.
* Environmental and launch test campaign.
* Preparing test specifications for test racks, reviewing data packs from suppliers, and supporting reviews of test equipment design and non-conformances.
Skill Set
Essential
* Minimum of a degree in an Electrical Engineering related discipline or relevant experience in a similar role >5 years
* Good theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic and RF test racks
* Fault finding skills down to board and component level.
* Network and computer administration in Windows and Linux environments
* Good documentation skills (procedures, reports etc.)
* Knowledge of interfaces such as Mil-1553, SpaceWire, CAN bus, RS232/422 etc.
* ATE environments such as PCI, VXI, PXI etc.
* Competent in the use of a variety of general-purpose lab test equipment
* Knowledge of test systems.
* Design, manufacture, and commissioning of test systems.
* Willing to support shifts and travel overseas on test campaigns as required.
Desirable
* Experience of electrical integration of equipment on a spacecraft.
* Working knowledge of TMTC Databases.
* Writing test sequences/scripts for execution of spacecraft systems tests including FDIR from the Central Checkout System (CCS).
* Experience of environmental and launch test campaigns.
* Familiar with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
* Programming and Scripting languages, in particularly writing and debugging Linux/Unix bash scripts is an advantage.
* Knowledge of a programming language such as C, Java, python, TCL, VBA
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