Spacecraft System Engineer in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Spacecraft System Engineer - Requirements and Verification (Aerospace)

Based in - Stevenage

Job Summary

The key element of this role is to use engineering skill and experience for the assessment and improvement of requirements quality, fitness for purpose, and variability for spacecraft systems - for spacecraft like the Rosalind Franklin Mars Lander and the Lunar Rover concepts.

Supporting the detailed co-ordination and implementation, in the IBM DOORS software tool, of the following -

• decomposition of system requirements towards the next level in line with the specification tree overview established by the Requirements & Verification Lead of the project(s)
• establishment and maintenance of trace-ability and rationale
• preparation of verification and requirement close-out planning
• change impact analysis and running requirements change control process
• detecting inconsistencies, out of date data, data gaps, and acting to correct them

The work shall be done according to processes based on the well-known ECSS standards for space industry.

The work will be done under supervision and co-ordination of the Requirements and Verification Lead of the project(s) at stake (foreseen as ESA Exploration projects) - process familiarisation/training will be by on-the-job training.

We are seeking a candidate experienced in similar activities using DOORS software in a complex engineering system development background, ideally in space engineering and ideally familiar with the relevant ECSS standards and model philosophies towards qualification and acceptance. Experience with the processes for System Requirements Review and Preliminary Design Review is especially relevant.

The candidate will be expected to liaise with the full range of engineering disciplines and other stakeholders e.g. procurement and configuration control departments, to ensure completeness, correctness, and consistency of the whole requirements database, for the production of specifications and verification planning/control documentation.

The role requires demonstrated excellent technical understanding and communication, documentation and presentations skills, as well as thorough diligence and attention to detail. The production of tracking data and metrics from the DOORS database for internal reporting to the Requirements & Verification Lead is part of the role.

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