AIT Harness Engineer - Contractor in Surrey

This contract opportunity is available through our Outsourcing Partner; contact details can be providedResponsible ForDelivery of fully manufactured flight harness and test cables to AIT. Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today. Supporting off site and overseas activities. Key Purpose of Job Working as part of spacecraft AIT team, manufacture the harness required for various STTL spacecraft developments Key Tasks All build activities required for the spacecraft harness manufacture Implementing the harness design during the manufacture process to meet all electrical, grounding and environmental requirements Liaison with the spacecraft systems team to resolve issues and anomalies Progress reporting Spacecraft test cable manufacture Assist with harness routing discussions General AIT and EVT support with possible overseas travel Support training programmes for both internal and customer engineers PERSON SPECIFICATION Qualifications A minimum of HNC/HND in engineering or science discipline or demonstrable hands-on experience in the space industry ESA Harness Certification: ECSS-Q-ST-70-26 (Crimping of high reliability electrical connections) ECSS-Q-ST-70-18 (Preparation, assembly and mounting of RF coaxial cables). 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 countriesExperience· All aspects of harness and cable manufacture· Working with spacecraft flight hardware during design, development and implementation phases. Working with verification / validation of requirements· Good, all round electrical, mechanical