SmallsatSystemEngineer

****Job Description:**** **Job Description: ** A vacancy for a Space System Engineer has arisen within Airbus Defence & Space in Madrid (Getafe). The successful applicant will join the EOS Chief Engineering Department in Spain (TSESS). We are seeking a highly skilled Satellite Systems Engineer with a background in small satellite and constellation systems development. In this role, you will lead the engineering efforts for satellite development projects, with a particular emphasis on the industrialization, design-to-cost and design-to-manufacturing of small- and mid-sized satellites. The main focus of this position is the development of a (V)LEO satellite product line with potential for defence and institutional missions (constellations and stand-alone small satellites). You will work in a multi-disciplinary system engineering team and will be a key contributor to the on-cost, on-time and on-quality product delivery to our customers. **Tasks & accountabilities** * Acting as satellite system engineer, lead the design, development and testing of satellite systems, with a focus on the platform and its building blocks as core element for a smallsat product line for Earth Observation * Derive, from mission requirements, satellite system specifications, and lower level specifications for subsystems and equipment * Identify market / business driven requirements, and derive from these needs the appropriate satellite system and subsystem requirements (e.g. connectivity, on-board processing capabilities, etc.) * Liaise with the MSC roadmaps and company product strategy to ensure alignment * Drive the adaptation of existing satellite product lines to ensure satisfying customer requirements while enabling mid-scale industrialization of the satellite concept * Support the definition of the industrial policy for small satellites, identifying partners and subcontractors, leading co-engineering activities with them, and supporting the selection and procurement process of the satell