Job Description
We are looking for a Mission Analysis & Technical Budgets Engineer to join our Space Missions area. The selected candidate will be responsible for carrying out low-level mission analysis, including all related details. They will perform the necessary orbital analyses and technical budgets (power, delta-V, data, pointing) based on the mission objectives, as well as requirements traceability. They will also be responsible for implementing the CONOPS defined by Systems Engineering in STK and participating in the required thermal analyses.
Position Tasks and Responsibilities
Main responsibilities include:
* Perform mission analysis tasks for small satellite missions (orbit selection, orbit propagation, coverage, access windows, ΔV requirements, station passes).- Develop and maintain technical budgets (power, delta-V, pointing, etc).
* Support verification by analysis of mission-level requirements.
* Conduct thermal analysis (desirable, not required).
* Contribute to the development and evolution of internal mission analysis tools (Python-based).
* Use STK to perform mission analysis and generate key performance indicators (KPIs).
* Document results and contribute to technical reviews (PDR, CDR, etc.).
* Interface with Systems Engineering and other teams to ensure coherence across mission performance budgets.
* Support design iterations through analytical justification of key design decisions.
Candidate qualifications and skills
The ideal candidate should have:
* Fluency in English (written and spoken).
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in space missions, preferably with small satellites or CubeSats.
* Solid knowledge of orbital mechanics and mission analysis methods.
* Experience in technical budget development (power, ΔV, pointing, etc).
* Proficiency in Python for data analysis and tool development.
* Experience with STK for mission analysis.
* Experience in space radiation analysis.
* Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles.
About us
About Alén Space
Alén Space is a New Space company focused on the development of missions based on Nanosatellites as well as products and services related to them. Our mission is to help our clients to develop their business plan designing, manufacturing and operating satellites in order to execute the application they need.
While Alén Space is a new company, our team has been involved in several complete nanosatellite missions, from specification to delivery, during the last 15 years. Alén Space technical team is composed of systems engineers, electronic engineers, AIV engineers, software and operations engineers and project managers; with a large experience on IOD, communication, commercial and scientific missions, with private and public institutions such as the European Space Agency.
Alén Space's value proposition resides in the flexibility and expertise of our team. We utilize our design and testing methodologies, which allow the use of components from various suppliers, to create the most suitable platform for the requested mission. During more than a decade, all our nanosatellites missions have been fully designed in-house, following the same multi-provider approach, resulting on a 100% success rate in orbit, for all launched missions.
At Alén Space, quality and flexibility in the design, manufacturing and testing are hallmarks of the company. The quality of the process is achieved through meticulous testing and verification processes, keeping traceability of all the executed activities. The flexibility is achieved thanks to the proximity relationship with our clients and to our supplier agnostic approach. This relationship aims not only at easing the communication process, but also at allowing our commercial clients to take an important role on the design aspects. In this line, we design the most flexible spacecraft platforms, to accommodate subsystem suppliers' changes without heavily impacting the overall mission. Our systems and AIV engineers work closely with the client, in order to take decisions and involve them in the process.
Our team has enhanced a work method that applies the strict quality standards set by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). All of our management, system engineering and AIV processes are based on those standards.
Quality, Flexibility, Scalability, Proximity, Expertise and Success define all Alén Space values.
Do you want to orbit with us?
We offer the opportunity to join a challenging space project together with a self-motivated team with great experience in the design and manufacturing of small satellites
Conditions
We offer a indefinite full time contract
If you are a proactive person and want to commit yourself to a present and future project, we hope to receive your CV.
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