Space Systems Engineer

**Position Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Analysis of the necessities of the users/customers and the elaboration of several mission concepts that match their requirements.
- Elaboration of mission and technical specifications
- Orbital and mission analysis.
- Elaboration of mission analysis tools.
- Design and definition of architectures for the space systems that will enable the implementation of the previously proposed mission concepts.
- Analysis of the performance of the system in terms of power, communications capabilities, mass, thermal, etc.
- Selection of the physical components that will implement the selected architecture.
- Manage internal and external interfaces with all the elements of the mission.
- Interaction with all the technical teams of the company and with external stakeholders (launch providers, customers ).
- The required experience and skills are:

- The applicant must be fluent in English
- Two years of experience in space missions with small satellites/cubesats.
- Some experience with thermal and/or mechanical models and simulations
- Knowledge of System Engineering discipline.
- Knowledge of technical software tools such as: ANSYS, ESATAN, STK, SolidWorks and SPENVIS.
- Knowledge of Python

It will be also **desirable** the following qualifications and skills:

- Hands-on experience in nanosatellite missions assembly, integration and testing; operations...
- Knowledge of ECSS and CCSDS standards
- Some experience with ADCS and propulsion subsystems
- Project Management courses or certifications

The applicant must have good communication skills and must be able to work autonomously in an effective manner; while cooperating in a potentially international and culturally diverse team.

Moreover, the applicant must have good analytical, organizational and reporting skills; together with a proactive attitude to solve problems individually and an interest in technology development.

The applicant must be eligible to work and live in the EU.

**About us**:
**About Alén Space**:
While Alén Space is a new company, our team has been involved in **several complete nanosatellite missions**, from specification to delivery, during the last **15 years**. Alén Space technical team is composed of systems engineers, electronic engineers, AIV engineers, software and operations engineers and project managers; with a large experience on IOD, communication, commercial and scientific missions, with private and public institutions such as the European Space Agency.

Alén Space’s value proposition resides in the flexibility and expertise of **our team**. We utilize our design and testing methodologies, which allow the use of components from various suppliers, to create the most suitable platform for the requested mission. During more than a decade, **all our nanosatellites missions have been fully designed in-house**, following the same multi-provider approach, resulting on a 100% success rate in orbit, for all launched missions.

At Alén Space, **quality** and **flexibility** in the design, manufacturing and testing are hallmarks of the company. The quality of the process is achieved through meticulous testing and verification processes, keeping traceability of all the executed activities. The flexibility is achieved thanks to the proximity relationship with our clients and to our supplier agnostic approach. This relationship aims not only at easing the communication process, but also at allowing our commercial clients to take an important role on the design aspects. In this line, we design the most flexible spacecraft platforms, to accommodate subsystem suppliers’ changes without heavily impacting the overall mission. **Our systems and AIV engineers work closely with the client**, in order to take decisions and involve them in the process.

Our team has enhanced a work method that applies the strict quality standards set by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). All of our management, system engineering and AIV processes are based on those standards.

Q**uality, Flexibility, Scalability, Proximity, Expertise and Success** define all Alén Space values.

**Do you want to orbit with us?**
We offer the opportunity to join a challenging space project together with a self-motivated team with great experience in the design and manufacturing of small satellites

**Conditions**:
We offer a indefinite full time contract

If you are a proactive person and want to commit yourself to a present and future project, **we hope to receive your CV.**
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