System Engineer - IRIS2

Hispasat, as part of the SpaceRISE consortium, is responsible for the technical implementation and ensuring the success of the IRIS² project, leveraging its extensive experience in satellite communications. This collaboration is essential to provide secure and reliable high-performance communication solutions to the European Union and its member states.

To be part of this project, we are looking for a System Engineer whose responsibilities will be as follows

Activities

• Support to the definition, design, development and oversight of a telecommunications satellite constellation program in the area of System Engineering.
• Support to the definition, design and development of telecommunications systems based on satellite technology.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the Satellite and Launch Services Request for Proposal (RFP) and the associated technical evaluation.
• Support to the coordination and participation in the technical contractual negotiations for Satellite and Launch Service Procurements.
• Coordination of the satellite design, manufacturing, integration and testing oversight activities.
• Coordination, preparation and participation in unit design, manufacturing and testing review meetings.
• Coordination, preparation and participation in subsystem design, manufacturing and testing review meetings.
• Coordination, preparation and participation in system design, manufacturing and testing review meetingS.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to meet milestones and deliverables.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and ensure alignment with organizational objectives
• Coordination, preparation and participation in the launch campaign and LEOP
• Coordination, preparation and participation in the In Orbit Test Campaign
• Support to the on-orbit satellite health status assessment and coordination of anomaly investigation.
• Preparation of weekly reports of activities

Minimum requirements

• Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or similar
• 10-year experience on a similar position with hands-on experience or exposure in either payload procurement, payload equipment manufacturing or payload in-orbit operations in GEO and/or LEO
• Experience in managing large EU and ESA projects
• Experience with satellite ground station operations and network management
• Programming languages skills (Python, Matlab or similar).

Knowledge in geostationary and LEO communication system architectures and functional operations, covering several of the following aspects:

• Demonstrated knowledge of satellite equipment and subsystems technologies (Payload and Platform)
• Demonstrated knowledge of satellite system related activities (e.g.: satellite architecture and dimensioning, system budgets, telecommunications analysis)
• Demonstrated knowledge of satellite launch services
• Demonstrated skills in the area of equipment and subsystem manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing (Payload and Platform)
• Demonstrated skills in the area of satellite manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing
• Demonstrated skills in the area of satellite launch campaigns and LEOP
• Demonstrated skills in the area of Satellite In Orbit Testing (Payload and Platform)

Recommendable

• Highly collaborative individual, able to build relationships internally and externally across all levels and functions.
• Capacity to deal with complex situations with assertiveness.

Location: Madrid

• Platform and/or Payload Manufacturer facilities, resident as required;
• Platform and/or Payload Unit manufacturer facilities, as required;
• ESTEC, as required;
• European Commission, as required;
• Satellite manufacturer premises, during System AIT Phase, resident as required
• Launch Base, as required;
• Satellite IOT station, as required.
• Be able to provide 24/7 on-call support during satellite system and Payload/Platform testing.