Role Overview * To promote and drive AIT standards ensuring engineering concepts are delivered to the shop floor in a controlled manner. * Ensure quality and process robustness through promotion of best practise within team and between disciplines. * Leading the AIT mechanical team to the success of the mission. Responsibilities * Responsible for the Mechanical Satellite element and lead the mechanical team on an ENS project through Phases 'A', 'B', 'C/D' and 'E' * Leading a team of AIT engineers on the specific project * Planning the mechanical team's activities on a weekly basis (including operations team) and implementing this plan. * Supporting the use of 3Dx Delmia on the specific project * Produce specs from test requirements, write test plans, DDV, plans, AIT plans, test procedures and test reports. * Control of all project MGSE, flight & support equipment * Produce MGSE requirement specs from test requirements, operating and maintaining MGSE. * Alignment - producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment. * Designing test equipment, overseeing its manufacture, and commissioning * Mechanical handling or spacecraft, instruments, payloads, solar arrays, antennas etc * Prepare and carry out environmental tests (Vibration, Acoustic, Mass properties, Thermal) at unit, subsystem, instrument, and spacecraft level. * Install and validate test instrumentation. * Support propulsion testing * Handling and installation of thermal hardware * Mechanical integration and testing of electronic units, subsystems and instruments, mechanisms, antennas, solar arrays, mechanical sub-systems, instruments, payloads and spacecraft and control the documentation associated with performing these tasks. * Pyrotechnic handling, installation, and safety * Plan and control workload of the AIT team consisting of engineers and technicians. * Be able to travel overseas to work for short periods (typically 2-3months, could be 6-7 months on occasions) * Be able to integrate quickly and easily into an AIT team. * Highly motivated and possess good problem-solving skills. Skill Set Essential * Relevant engineering experience. * Appreciation of satellite integration processes and project phases * Use of SAP or other ERP System * Understanding of build documentation and the need for it * Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements * Managing a team during day-to-day activities ensuring work is completed on time and the correct standard * Controlling and delivery of projects to budget and schedule * Face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers * Worked in volatile, high pressure environments to resolve technical and personnel conflicts * Spacecraft Mechanical testing on prime projects is essential * Leading other team members * Production of MGSE specs and operation of MGSE and flight HW * Production of high quality documentation (test specs, test plans, test procedures, AIT Plans, DDV plans) Desirable * Producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment * Launch campaign experience Please note: current SC clearance preferred, however, SC clearable candidates will be considered Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy