Job title:
Payload Technology Validation Engineer
Company:
Aurora Technology
Job description
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of SCI – Missions and Research Activities. We are looking for a Payload and Validation Engineer to support the SCI-F (Payload Technology Validation Activities), in the Directorate of Science (D/SCI).Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service.Specific Tasks
- Support the working groups, mission study team, project team or operation team for the definition of the validation activities.
- Support the definition of the validation activities setups.
- Support the preparation of the validation activities setups – electrical, software and cryo aspects.
- Prepare and maintain test documentation (test requirement, test plan and test report).
- Perform commissioning and testing of the validation activities setups.
- Perform tests related to payload validation activities mainly but not limited to optical detectors, s-rays and superconductor technologies.
- Perform tests data analysis and provide reports to the supported study team, project team or operation team.
- Support to monitoring of industrial technology development activities.
- Support to payload reviews.
- Support to evaluation of proposals in response to mission calls, missions of opportunity, and technology calls.
- Provide payload expertise for future mission studies or projects.
- Support to infrastructure maintenance, covering opto-electronic equipment calibration and service.
- Provide software development in support to payload technology validation activities (data analysis and equipment control).
- Support the development and testing of front-end electronics for sensors (CCD, Infrared detectors, CIS etc.).
- Support mixed signal ASIC testing at room and cryo temperatures, as well as more generic applications in laboratory environment.
- Support the development of digital controller (FPGA or DSP based).
Specific qualification requirements
- Master’s degree or Phd in Physics, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Research and Testing of dedicated payload technologies.
- Imaging detectors for science payload.
- Related payload system design and performances evaluation.
- Electro-optical test bench technology.
- Data analysis and modelling for electro-optical performances evaluation.
- C language (essentially for use with hardware drivers) and one or two assembly languages and/or VHDL.
- Python (Scientific Python programming, familiarity with libraries: ctypes, pyfits, pyvisa, pyGTK, scipy, numpy) o C++ skills.
- Bread-boarding and testing.
- Design, manufacturing, testing and performance analysis of noise-optimised electronic circuits, preferably in the space domain.
- Low-noise analogue, high-speed digital techniques and mixed-signal circuits, preferably in the field of image sensors.
- PCB CAD and electronic circuit simulation software tools.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively, autonomously and cooperatively in a diverse and international team environment, defining and implementing solutions in line with team and individual objectives, as well as project deadlines.
- A very good working knowledge of spoken and written English is essential.
Legal and Security Requirements
- All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands
- Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA.
- Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident.
LocationThe work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre ( ) at Noordwijk, The Netherlands.Contract
- All employees receive good remuneration in line with function and experience.
- When autonomous then teleworking can often be utilised.
- Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands.
- The standard working hours are 40 per week.
- There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
- Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
- Aurora contributes 15,4% of pensionable salary to a company pension scheme and employees can optionally make additional contributions.
Expected salary
Location
Nederland
Job date
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 02:47:25 GMT
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