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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:00 +0100
NEW YORK -
L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it has been awarded a $38.5 million contract from the Commonwealth of Australia to supply 51 Hawkeye™ III Lite 1.2-meter Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), as well as training and long-term sustainment services. This program is one of a number of coordinated projects that will enable the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to deploy an integrated wideband satellite communications capability. Specifically, the contract will deliver one ty...
Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:00 +0100
When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel?
Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER) on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between 11 and 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 4 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Jamie Bock, CIBER principal investigator from the California Institute of Technology, said, “The first massive stars to...
Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:00 +0100
Soyuz Flight VS05
Preparations for Arianespace’s next Soyuz flight are in full swing at multiple locations across the Spaceport, including the start-up of satellite installation in the S5 payload preparation center, and initiation of launcher build-up within the ELS launch site’s MIK integration building.
At the Spaceport’s main base area, the first of four O3b Networks satellites to be orbited on the June 24 mission is now mounted on the payload dispenser for Soyuz....
Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:00 +0100
ARLINGTON, Va. -
ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation's largest rocket motor producer, has successfully completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The testing was conducted at ATK Defense Group's test facility in Elkton, Md., in April 2013.
The ATK test facility is capable of assessing high-fidelity performance and operability features of the HPGP thruster technology, which is intended to be use...
Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:00 +0100
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -
Boeing [NYSE: BA] is progressing with the expansion of the U.S Defense Department's highest capacity communications satellite constellation, recently shipping its sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, pictured here in the company's El Segundo facility, for a scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., later this year.
Through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Air Force on WGS-6, the Australian Defence Force will have global access to the WGS on-orbit constellation.
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Product Assurance Engineer
Job Description
Background:
The ACRA Business Unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics is an industry leader in the area of aerospace & space data acquisition systems. Curtiss-Wright is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, service and integration of equipment for defence, aerospace, naval and industrial applications.
Position Overview:
A new position is available within the Space Engineering team at ACRA to take responsibility for product assurance and safety activities for data handling equipment developed for space applications. The ideal candidate is an all-rounder with a mix of experience in product assurance and safety. Some background in electronic and/or mechanical design and project management is desirable. He/she needs to be able to take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of project deliverables including all critical product assurance and safety documentation.
Responsibilities:
¤ Plan and carry out the Product Assurance & Safety activities for electronic equipment according to ESA and/or NASA requirements.
¤ Prepare the Product Assurance and Safety documentation in accordance with customer requirements and ESA standards in all phases of the project including design and development, procurement, manufacturing, test and integration phases.
¤ Configuration and verification control, change and non-conformance management.
¤ Plan Product Assurance activities in the proposal phase of projects.
¤ Keep up regular contact with the customer and help negotiate Product Assurance issues.
¤ Adhere to project management best practices.
Requirements:
¤ University degree in Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or other relevant discipline.
¤ Relevant experience in Product Assurance, Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance activities for spaceflight electronic equipment & subsystems.
¤ Ability to identify risks and to be an independent thinker as well as have ability to work in team environment.
¤ Fluent English; both spoken and written.
Contact information
Landscape Road
Dublin
not applicable
Ireland
D14
