AIT Engineer

System or Electrical or Mechanical AIT Engineer

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Hays Solutions, part of the multinational Hays Group listed on the London Stock Exchange, provides consulting services in Engineering and IT, with the goal of contributing to the success and technological progress of people and organizations. For one of our clients, a leader in the defense sector, we are looking for:

System or Electrical or Mechanical AIT Engineer

System AIT Engineer - Your Tasks

- Analyse documentation describing the architecture of the item subject of AIT activities, including requirements specifications, assembly drawings (mechanical and electrical), user manuals.
- Support the preparation and maintenance of the AIT Plan and the AIT Flow.
- Verify the availability of the input necessary to the AIT activities: Test and Configuration Requirement’s, System Schedule, User Manual’s, etc.
- Coordinate, plan and monitor the preparation of the AIT documentation, as Procedures, with their Dashboard, Setup design, As-run Procedures, IRR, TRR and PTR documentation.
- Prepare procedures to be executed during integration and testing activities including, if necessary, test scripts for automatic test routines.
- Contribute to the definition of support equipment (MGSE, EGSE), test setup and required instrumentation.
- Support the preparation of clean room and laboratory integration area, equipment and instrumentation.
- Support and, if necessary, direct participation to both mechanical and electrical functional AIT integration and testing activities, in clean room and laboratory environment.
- Support the technical coordination of the external and internal test facilities.
- Support the preparation of the Environmental Test campaigns and the Launch Campaign, when envisaged by the Project, including participation if necessary.
- Support and participation to the AIT-related reviews, i.e. IRR, TRR, PTR, NRB, Progress Meeting and all similar Project reviews.

Electrical/Functional AIT Engineer - Your Tasks

- Independent concept and generation of the electrical integration and functional test procedures at satellite and instrument level in compliance with functional requirements and cost/schedule plans
- EGSE deployment and setup on the test facility (Integration & Test, Environmental Campaign, Launch Site)
- Test preparation of hardware (configuration of item under test), including EGSE SCOE.
- Autonomous execution of integration activities and of electrical tests on platform and satellite level: interface tests, functional tests, performance tests AOCS, Power, TT&R, On-board Data Handling as well as support for payload testing
- Definition of the tests to be performed in the frame of the verification process in agreement with engineering and the AIT/AIV manager
- Inclusion of the electrical test activities on the full AIT process in agreement with the AIT manager

Mechanical AIT Engineer - Your Tasks

- Actively involved with the team in the definition of the Satellite and/or payload integration approach.
- Responsible for the implementation of Satellite and/or Payload integration procedures.
- Collaborate with AIT Team on the Mechanical Integration of structure of Satellite and/or Payload SM, EM and PFM/FM models.
- Collaborate with the AIT Team on the Mechanical Integration of the EM and flight units.
- Collaborate with the AIT Team on the Mechanical Integration of flight harness.
- Installation of thermal and mechanical sensors: thermocouples, thermistors, heaters, accelerometers.
- Definition and implementation of MAIT processes and related documents.
- Handling of Satellite and/or Payload and related MGSE, including use of crane and cherry picker.
- Mechanical support during the Satellite and/or Payload Environmental Test Campaigns.
- Mechanical support during the Satellite Launch Campaigns.

Education

- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in AIT for space systems.

Technical Skills

- Familiarity with space industry documentation (satellite/payload/equipment user manuals, architecture, design and test requirements, procedures, assembly drawings).
- Hands-on knowledge of system engineering processes for space projects.
- Understanding of quality principles applicable to space business, both inside and outside clean room environments.
- Proficiency in MS Office (including MS Project) and CAD Viewer software.

Other Information

- Readiness for short business trips.
- Fluent in English.
- Work locations: Milan, Rome, Turin

How to apply

All candidates, regardless of gender, after reviewing the mandatory privacy notice on the website www.hays-itservices.it, are invited to send their CV in Word format, quoting reference 950723.