You must have citizenship from a country of the European Union or NATO to apply to this position.
SpaceLocker is seeking a talented systems engineer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing requirements and preliminary designs for our missions, and help the mission managers in their assessment and pricing for prospects and customers.
Your Mission
In this position, you will work with the CTO to:
- Lead procurement efforts for SpaceLocker’s, including specification, preliminary technical analyses and make/buy trade-offs,
- Take part in the maturation of advanced concepts involving docking and in-orbit-services, for example on mini space stations,
- Support the product team in the sizing and pricing of space systems and missions,
- Build SpaceLocker’s vision and culture around space systems, on reliability, testing, etc., as well as build a team of talented systems engineers around you,
- Support junior members of the team, through peer reviews and mentoring.
Your Profile
This list is not exhaustive nor exclusive. No self-censorship here, if you think your profile fits, even if not ticking all the boxes, feel free to apply and explain to us why in your first email!
Hard skills
- You have formal training in STEM and 3-5 years of experience in a system engineering position in the space industry,
- You have experience of preliminary design for a satellite at system level, and are proficient with mission design tools like STK, or preliminary design tools like IDM-CIC.
- Phase D and AIT experience, or experience in end-to-end architecture roles (“telecom architect” positions etc.), would be a plus
- You can do mission analysis, platform budgets (mass, data, energy, etc.), lead discussion in a make-buy trade-off, and interface with subcontractors and providers to request quotes and help manage procurement and progress.
Soft skills
- You like practical, hands-on projects, and show autonomy. The startup world is a bit messy sometimes, and we’ll need your help on unexpected topics to keep up with the swirl of things going on,
- You know how to communicate about your results, including conveying their interest to a non-technical public,
- You have had a first experience of working in a leadership position in a team, and enjoy teaching and stimulating your peers
- You are passionate about space and have a general culture about the space sector.
About the Company
SpaceLocker aims to make satellite missions more efficient and sustainable.
To achieve this, we develop shared satellite missions or more technically in-orbit payload hosting. This hosting service enables any organization to launch easily and quickly sensors or experiments to harvest space data without having to hassle with the technical satellite and space segment part. On the other side, by sharing higher-end space infrastructure, our customers increase their performances and reduce the environmental impact of their missions both regarding emissions and debris production. Technically, this is made possible thanks to a technological stack combining proprietary hardware and cloud-inspired software into a “space USB for satellites” that enables this revolutionary plug-and-play effect.
We are not trying to build a dog picture blockchain nor a hotel on the Moon, but a rock-solid company that will provide the foundations for the next generation of space exploration. This intention is anchored to a strong technical expertise, a quick prototyping approach and a direct link to the market.
SpaceLocker is a company firmly engaged about diversity and inclusivity, of age, gender, origins, handicap or any other characteristic (and we are aware of the slight irony, the founder team being the most average white guys you can imagine 😀). Progress and inclusion are not just corporate speech: we are aware it needs actual efforts and compromises.