Details:
- Salary: £34.02 - 45 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Stevenage Hertfordshire
- Date: 3 hours ago
Description:
Role Overview: As the AIT Mechanical Team Lead, you will promote and enforce AIT standards, ensuring that engineering concepts are seamlessly delivered to the shop floor. You will lead a team of AIT engineers, fostering quality and process robustness through best practices across disciplines. Your leadership will be pivotal to the success of our missions.
Key Responsibilities:
Mechanical Satellite Element: Lead the mechanical team on an ENS project through Phases 'A', 'B', 'C/D', and 'E'.
Team Leadership: Guide a team of AIT engineers, planning and executing weekly activities for the mechanical and operations teams.
3Dx Delmia Support: Utilize 3Dx Delmia for project-specific tasks.
Documentation: Produce specifications, test plans, DDV plans, AIT plans, test procedures, and test reports.
Equipment Management: Control all project MGSE, flight, and support equipment; produce and operate MGSE requirement specs.
Alignment and Testing: Develop and maintain optical alignment equipment and test procedures; oversee the design, manufacture, and commissioning of test equipment.
Mechanical Handling: Manage the handling of spacecraft components including instruments, payloads, solar arrays, and antennas.
Environmental Testing: Prepare and conduct vibration, acoustic, mass properties, and thermal tests at various levels.
Instrumentation and Propulsion: Install and validate test instrumentation; support propulsion testing.
Thermal Hardware: Handle and install thermal hardware.
Integration and Documentation: Oversee the mechanical integration and testing of various spacecraft components and maintain associated documentation.
Pyrotechnics: Handle, install, and ensure safety for pyrotechnic components.
Workload Planning: Plan and control the workload of the AIT team, consisting of engineers and technicians.
Travel: Be prepared to travel overseas for short periods (typically 2-3 months, occasionally 6-7 months).Essential Skills and Experience:
Engineering Experience: Relevant background in engineering, specifically in satellite integration processes and project phases.
ERP Systems: Proficiency in SAP or other ERP systems.
Documentation: Strong understanding of build documentation and its importance.
Quality and Process Improvement: Drive build quality through process reviews and improvements.
Team Management: Effective management of a team to ensure timely and high-standard work completion.
Project Control: Experience in delivering projects on budget and schedule.
Customer and Supplier Interaction: Proven ability to handle face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers.
High-Pressure Environment: Experience working in volatile, high-pressure environments to resolve technical and personnel conflicts.
Spacecraft Mechanical Testing: Essential experience in mechanical testing on prime projects.
Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead a team.
MGSE Operations: Experience in producing MGSE specs and operating MGSE and flight hardware.
Documentation Quality: High-quality documentation skills, including test specs, plans, procedures, and AIT plans.Desirable Skills and Experience:
Optical Alignment Equipment: Experience in producing test procedures and operating optical alignment equipment.
Launch Campaigns: Experience with launch campaigns