We are seeking a skilled AOCS Engineer to support the design, development, and verification of the Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) for space missions. The role involves tailoring existing architectures, confirming equipment selections, performing simulations, and ensuring subsystem compliance with mission requirements.

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Main tasks and responsibilities envisaged in this position will include:

▪Analyze system and mission requirements impacting AOCS.
▪Define a functional breakdown of AOCS capabilities and constituent elements.
▪Define AOCS interfaces with other subsystems, focusing on payload end-to-end performance.
▪Establish and update technical specifications for AOCS units.

Design Tailoring
▪Review existing AOCS product architecture and identify necessary modifications.
▪Confirm AOCS equipment selection aligns with mission requirements.
▪Perform pointing budget analysis across mission modes.
▪Specify hardware and software interfaces between AOCS and other subsystems.
▪Conduct simulations to validate AOCS performance.

Development & Verification
▪Coordinate with other flight segment teams to maintain alignment with the Flight Segment Baseline.
▪Autocode AOCS models from Matlab/Simulink to ANSI C.
▪Perform MIL/SIL/PIL equivalence testing and support software integration.
▪Support AOCS testing on the Avionics Test Bench (ATB).

Education:
▪Preferred: Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.

Professional/Technical Experience:
▪Proven experience in ADCS design, simulation, and verification.
▪Proficiency in Matlab/Simulink and C programming.
▪Familiarity with space mission standards (ECSS).
▪Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Desired:
▪Experience in the design of AOCS for High Precision Earth Observation.
▪Experience in the design of AOCS for rendezvous and in-orbit servicing.
▪Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies.

Personal Skills:
▪Collaborative, trustworthy, open-minded, proactive, creative, curious, inquisitive person, strong interpersonal skills (leadership, communication, teamwork, among others).

Languages:
▪English (B2 level as minimum), spoken and written.

▪Wage package appropriate to the demonstrated knowledge and experience.
▪Career development opportunity.
▪Contractual link established directly with our client company.
▪Work in highly innovative projects with ESA (European Space Agency).

Our client is a space systems engineering company, delivering advanced design solutions and turn-key space SW systems. Building on a solid team of highly motivated and specialized engineers, is now a reference player in the European space sector, leading in the areas of Mission Analysis, Guidance, Navigation and Control, Global Navigation Satellite Systems Technologies, Ground Segment Systems and Earth Observation applications.

The Systems Engineering Competence Centre is responsible for the overall technical architecture and development of space systems and satellite platforms, from initial concept definition up to on-orbit operations support. Currently, the company is working on several projects to provide cutting-edge technologies for Earth observation or communication satellites as well as scientific missions.