In this role you will become an integral part of Aerospacelab’s V&V team as a Satellite V&V engineer, with the responsibility of being the V&V lead on a variety of space missions and contributing to our V&V philosophy and test specifications definitions.
As a V&V mission lead, you will be fully responsible to coordinate the functional V&V activities of specific space missions. This includes the planning, preparation and execution of V&V campaigns which are performed on representative avionics test benches, as well as on the satellite flight models that will eventually be launched into space. Through scripts and our test management system, you will interact with the satellite or equivalent test setups to verify and validate their design and good workmanship.
In a short timeline, you will have the opportunity to get in touch with the different verification phases of a satellite’s lifecycle (from conception to post-launch). Throughout these campaigns, you will increase your understanding of how the satellite works internally (both flight software & hardware units related to the different satellite subsystems), as well as in the context of its operational usage. A large focus of the mission leading is on the payload-specific tests for the mission you are involved with. You will participate in the launch campaign of the satellite, with satellite preparation & configuration activities on the launcher’s site. After launch, you will continue to support the validation of new flight software updates for your mission, in close collaboration with the flight software team and the mission manager.
In this role, you will also specialize in improving the system-level V&V philosophy and its related processes in the V&V team, ensuring that there is a consistent application over all missions. You are responsible for making sure our test specifications and scope improve while being consistent with other testing efforts throughout the company.
