On behalf of our client, we are looking for an AIT Lead Engineer to join them on an initial 12-month contract. As the AIT Lead Engineer, you will promote and drive AIT standards ensuring engineering concepts are delivered to the shop floor in a controlled manner. Ensure quality and process robustness through promotion of best practise within team and between disciplines.

Role: AIT Lead Engineer
Pay: £45 per hour Umbrella
Contract: Monday to Friday, 37 Hours a week, 12 Months
Location: Stevenage
IR35 Status: Inside
SC Clearance: Requires Security Clearance to start

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Mechanical Satellite element and lead the mechanical team on an ENS project through Phases 'A', 'B', 'C/D' and 'E'
• Leading a team of AIT engineers on the specific project
• Planning the mechanical team's activities on a weekly basis (including operations team) and implementing this plan.
• Supporting the use of 3Dx Delmia on the specific project
• Produce specs from test requirements, write test plans, DDV, plans, AIT plans, test procedures and test reports.
• Control of all project MGSE, flight & support equipment
• Produce MGSE requirement specs from test requirements, operating and maintaining MGSE.
• Alignment - producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment.
• Designing test equipment, overseeing its manufacture, and commissioning
• Mechanical handling or spacecraft, instruments, payloads, solar arrays, antennas etc
• Prepare and carry out environmental tests (Vibration, Acoustic, Mass properties, Thermal) at unit, subsystem, instrument, and spacecraft level.
• Install and validate test instrumentation.
• Support propulsion testing
• Mechanical integration and testing of electronic units, subsystems and instruments, mechanisms, antennas, solar arrays, mechanical sub-systems, instruments, payloads and spacecraft and control the documentation associated with performing these tasks.
• Pyrotechnic handling, installation, and safety

Essential Skills/Experience

• Relevant engineering experience.
• Appreciation of satellite integration processes and project phases
• Use of SAP or other ERP System
• Understanding of build documentation and the need for it
• Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements
• Managing a team during day-to-day activities ensuring work is completed on time and the correct standard
• Controlling and delivery of projects to budget and schedule
• Face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers
• Worked in volatile, high pressure environments to resolve technical and personnel conflicts
• Spacecraft Mechanical testing on prime projects is essential
• Leading other team members
• Production of MGSE specs and operation of MGSE and flight HW
• Production of high quality documentation (test specs, test plans, test procedures, AIT Plans, DDV plans)

Desirable Skills/ Experience

• Producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment
• Launch campaign experience

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation
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