Senior Power Engineer Analogue Design

Langham Recruitment

Senior Power Engineer Analogue Design | Space / Aerospace | Guildford | Hybrid

Key Tasks
Primary role is an Analogue Design Engineer for Space Projects, including design, analysis, development, verification, test and delivery of the power subsystem/modules including Battery Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-3kW), Heater Control Boards, Batteries and Solar Panels. Typical duties include:
  • Requirements capture and derivation from top level requirements to module level requirements
  • Design and delivery of Analogue/Power Electronics Modules in Spacecraft, which meet these requirements within the agreed schedule/cost
  • Management and verification of these requirements
  • Carrying out the required analysis to verify that these requirements will be met over the mission life-time including FMECA, WCA, PSA, Reliability Analysis, etc
  • Specifying and carrying out the verification tests on hardware
  • Authoring of technical documents (including test/verification plans, procedures and technical descriptions)
  • Typical Analogue/Power Electronics Equipment in a spacecraft defined as follows: Batter Charge/Discharge Regulators, Power Distribution Modules, Relay/Activation Modules, Drive Electronics for motors/mechanism, DC-DC converters (range from 5W-1kW), Heater/Propulsion Control Boards, etc.
Previous Experience
  • Analogue/Power Electronics Design experience, ideally in the Space or Aerospace Industries
  • Qualifications Knowledge & Skills
  • BTEC / Degree in Electronics or equivalent
  • Excellent understanding of analogue and power electronics
  • Familiarity with microprocessor and FPGA interfacing
  • Wide knowledge of electronic components, preferably for a space environment
  • Wide experience with schematic capture and simulation software (i.e. Mentor Graphics, OrCAD PSPICE, etc.)
An exciting opportunity to make a difference within the industry delivering highly innovative power solutions for spacecraft missions. This role involves responsibility for undertaking the design, analysis, development, verification and delivery of power system and energy conversion solutions into different missions, including power subsystem lead responsibility for those missions.
This key role will often sit within the core team of a satellite mission interacting with other technical leads across multiple disciplines to generate the technical solutions for innovative projects.
  
Benefits
  • Highly competitive Salary dependent on experience
  • Flexible working policies
  • 32 days annual leave + BH
  • Annual Company Bonus Scheme
  • Up to 8% employer pension contribution
  • Life Assurance (6X salary)
  • Private Health Care
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
  • Multiple Discount, Memberships schemes
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