Job Title:  Project Engineer

Job Purpose

The Project Engineer acts as a lead engineer on customer or internal projects. The engineer provides technical assessment, analysis, data review and technical documentation for the specified project. The engineer will work within a multi-disciplinary team, with support from Junior Engineers, to ensure on-time and on-quality delivery to the customer. The role will be the primary technical representative to the customer for the specified project. The candidate will have a STEM background, and a keen interest in working on space projects. The candidate will have experience working as a technically responsible engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the detailed project design solution under guidance from Senior/Principal engineers:
  • Analysis of the electrical, thermal and mechanical performance of the battery
  • Specification of battery components e.g. heaters
  • Work with CAD Manager to generate drawings
  • Support in-build technical checks
  • Support technical checks during the battery test campaign, including support to testing at external sites, e.g. vibration
  • Verification of project hardware from test data, and correlation to predicted performance
  • Produce project documentation such as analysis reports, battery user manuals, test plans, and test reports
  • Contribute technical information to project readiness review and non-conformance meetings
  • Production of compliance statements to the project and industry standards
  • Communication on technical matters to customers
  • Support proposals by providing technical inputs
  • Support inputs to technical papers and presentations
• Responsible for on-time and on-quality solutions
• Supports allocation of tasks to assigned Graduate/Junior Engineers
• Supports department level process management documentation
• Supports continuous improvement in the department

Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience

• A degree in STEM subject, or equivalent qualification

Required

• Experience as an engineer in a customer facing role
• Good level of IT skills for data analysis, modelling, results presentation and reporting
• Experience with test and verification activities
• Experience in report writing

Desirable

• Experience working with space industry primes, agencies and end users 
• Experience in some of the following areas:
  • Mechanical design and analysis
  • Thermal design and analysis
  • Li-ion battery performance
  • Reliability and failure modes
  • Vibration/shock testing
• Knowledge and understanding of ECSS standards

Skills / Competencies

• Attention to detail and an ability to examine and present data clearly
• An ability to effectively prioritise and work to detailed scheduled plans and tight deadlines
• Excellent people skills; be a proven team worker but with an ability to work independently
• An enthusiasm for problem-solving and delivering solutions