Future Projects Avionics, Communications and Power Engineer [Lander]

Future Projects Avionics, Communications and Power Engineer [Lander]

The Exploration Company

Bordeaux, France

We want you as a talented and experienced Avionics Engineer to help us in our mission by acting as system engineer for Future Projects that prepare the future growth of the Nyx vehicles family and new products. You will be part of the Future Systems team, reporting to the Principal Engineer of the project and working closely with the other engineering disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

In your capacity as Avionics Engineer, your role will continuously evolve, but initially your day-to-day duties will include:

• Take ownership of work packages or full future projects related to Avionics, Communications and Power:
  • Define functional breakdowns, high level requirements and their associated flow-down and manage/maintain the technical baselines to ensure that the design answers the needs of the respective project;
  • Provide system architectures and conceptual designs, perform technical trade-offs, budget and performance calculations;
  • Provide development logic, implementation, verification and validation plans.
• Ensure the delivery on time, on quality and on cost of the work packages in your responsibility;
• In coordination with the Bid Manager, elaborate the technical and programmatic parts for Avionics, Communications and Power related work packages to submit winning proposals for new future projects.

What we would love to see from you

In the role as Future Projects Avionics, Communications and Power Engineer ideally, you will have the following:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Aerospace Engineering, or another related field;
• Work experience/participation in the ideation, conceptualization and preliminary design phase of a spacecraft or space system development project;
• Broad understanding of the full functional chain of space-based avionics, communications and power systems;
• Strong systems engineering background;
• Hands-on experience with assembly, integration and testing of electrical units for space applications.

Skills and Behaviours:

• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills;
• Strong organizing and prioritization of tasks;
• Positive and flexible attitude to get the job done;
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business;
• Demonstrates behaviours consistent with The Exploration Company’s core values of Mission, Vision, Integrity, Excellence and Teamwork;
• Space enthusiast: ready to change the European space industry.