Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 depending on experience

Who are you?

As our Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer, you will have extensive line management and stakeholder management skills. The role will include working with customers, suppliers, our leadership team, engineers and project managers.

You will have experience in a broad range of mechanical engineering tasks including the development and launch of payloads, structural design and analysis, determining the correct hardware and its programming, thermal designing, testing and validation. Working with our experienced team of Mechanical, Thermal and CAD Engineers, you will guide them where necessary and manage their workloads.

Experience in most of the following areas is required:

• Familiarity with a CAD package for both modelling and drawing, ideally SolidWorks (including ePDM). but similar products such as Fusion 360 and Solid Edge will also be considered.
• Ability to rapidly generate new layouts / configurations to support bids and proposals, using a common set of components to meet the specific requirements.
• Familiarity with interpreting the requirements presented in launch vehicle user manuals.
• Strong understanding of methods and approaches for spacecraft level mechanical testing, including supporting standards such as NASA GEVS.
• Good understanding of the impact of design decisions at the spacecraft ant mission level
• Appreciation of requirements of other subsystems that impact the mechanical design / layout of spacecraft i.e. thermal, micro-vibration, AOCS etc.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project);
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal;
• Confident working in project delivery and bid teams.
• Ability to work closely with, and interpret the outputs of analysis engineers (FEA) to understand the capabilities of the design.
• Experience with a FEM package (e.g. Nastran).
• Understanding of a range of machining methods and processes for manufacture of components.
• Ability to interpret and create high quality mechanical drawings, taking into account GD&T.
• A basic understanding in general programming/scripting, e.g., Python, Java, C/C++.

What will you be doing here?

This is an exciting role which will suit an enthusiastic, self-starting individual who is happy to work on a range of activities from technical studies to small spacecraft systems and subsystems. You will be comfortable working as part of a team to deliver projects to a variety of customers including institutional, academic and commercial organisations. The successful individual will have the ability to flex their priorities to support others where necessary and be comfortable with a fast-paced environment. It will require someone who takes pride in their work, and can present a professional face to clients, suppliers and partners.

The role requires some knowledge and experience of designing, developing, building and testing satellite missions, a willingness to learn and the ability to work with others to identify and resolve technical issues.

While the primary responsibilities of the role lie in project delivery, the role may require some bid support and other reasonable responsibilities as required by the business. You will be actively encouraged to maintain a current interest in space industry developments and are expected to pro-actively identify business/technology promotion opportunities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Line management duties including recruitment;
• Co-ordinating and managing technical inputs to spacecraft mechanical design and development from internal and external parties including (but not limited to):
  o Payload providers;
  o Sub-contractors and suppliers (including launch providers);
  o Users;
  o Customers;
  o Regulatory authorities
• Definition and/or management of requirements from Mission and System Level and derivation of technical requirements to subsystem and equipment level (with support from senior team members and specialists depending on level of seniority);
• Management and tracking of requirements through project delivery;
• Derivation and management of system technical budgets and margins, , including (but not limited to):
  o Mass budget (including MoI and CoG tracking);
  o Mechanical interfaces;
• Supporting the definition, design, and build of MGSE.
  Management and execution of Validation and Verification activities at a subsystem and system level (including lab testing).
• Collaboration with project managers to provide inputs to schedules; risk management plans; budget management and other project artefacts as required;
• Plan and manage own work in-line with project requirements.
  

About In-Space Missions

In-Space Missions (ISM) are world class experts who design, build and operate space missions for global customers from our UK site. We also offer ‘Space as a Service' by flying customer payloads on our spacecraft and by providing customers the ability to upload digital applications to operate on our hardware. ISM was founded in 2015 and has grown to comprise over 100 permanent staff. The company was acquired by BAE Systems in 2021 and operates from offices and satellite cleanrooms located in Alton, Hampshire in the UK.

Culture

We have a close-knit and supportive team, with diversity and inclusion being a key to our success. Although we are looking to rapidly expand our team, we are passionate about maintaining our small company ethos, something which is at the heart of our culture. We welcome varying backgrounds, skills, perspectives and life experiences. Here at In-Space Missions we are embracing Hybrid Working. Wherever possible, we offer flexible working arrangements to allow us to balance our work and personal life more effectively.

What can we offer you?

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, 10% Non-Contributory Pension with the option for additional salary sacrifice, free onsite parking, access to BAE Share Incentive Plan, Income protection, 3 x salary life assurance policy, discounted shopping and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 37.5 hour week, hybrid working options, flexible working around core hours, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan along with access to BAE's E-learning courses
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Scheme with AXA Healthcare (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), travel insurance, cycle-to-work scheme, eye tests, corporate gym membership

Recruitment Process

If you've been shortlisted for the role, our Recruitment team will reach out to schedule a 1st stage Teams interview with you.

We want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible so if you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Additionally, if you don't meet all of the criteria please still apply. We really enjoy meeting diverse people who might bring a fresh perspective on a problem we need to solve!

Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship. Please be aware that many roles working for In-Space Missions will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the company.