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Senior Electrical Engineer
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Electrical Engineer
ALTEN
• Lead the design and development of spacecraft electrical subsystems across power, harness, and data‑handling domains. • Own the electrical architecture, ensuring robust, fault‑tolerant designs suitable for orbital environments. • Define and maintain power distribution strategies, load management, protection concepts, and high‑reliability electrical interfaces. • Develop and review harness architectures, including routing, connector selection, grounding, shielding, and cable‑level reliability. • Oversee data‑handling interfaces, ensuring seamless communication between avionics units, payloads, and onboard computers. • Produce and validate electrical schematics, ICDs, wiring diagrams, and subsystem documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
Job Requirements
- Mandatory Space industry experience — direct involvement in spacecraft electrical systems, satellite platforms, or mission‑critical space hardware.
- Power system design for spacecraft (power distribution, conversion, protection, load analysis).
- Harness architecture including routing, connector selection, grounding, shielding, and high‑reliability cable design.
- Data‑handling systems including avionics interfaces, communication buses, and onboard data flows.
- Experience with high‑reliability electrical hardware for harsh environments (radiation, thermal extremes, vacuum).
- Ability to produce and review electrical schematics, ICDs, wiring diagrams, and system‑level documentation.
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
Benefits
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
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