Senior Power Engineer Analogue Design in Surrey

SENIOR POWER ENGINEER Increase your chances of reaching the interview stage by reading the complete job description and applying promptly. ANALOGUE DESIGN, Job Ref: 2131 An exciting opportunity to make a difference within the industry delivering highly innovative power solutions for spacecraft missions. This role involves responsibility for undertaking the design, analysis, development, verification and delivery of power system and energy conversion solutions into different missions, including power subsystem lead responsibility for those missions. Engineers at SSTL have involvement on missions right from concept through to launch, commissioning and operational life; a true cradle to grave experience giving you the chance to see your work in Space in a rapid timescale. Key Tasks Primary role is an Analogue Design Engineer for Space Projects, including design, analysis, development, verification, test and delivery of the power subsystem/modules including Battery Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-3kW), Heater Control Boards, Batteries and Solar Panels. Typical duties include: 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 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 Previous Experience At least 5 years Analogue/Power Electronics Design experience, ideally in the Space or Aerospace Industries Qualifications Knowledge ability to interface with customers and technical representatives Good knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint Able to demonstrate company mindsets and behaviours; Be accountable, Drive