Job Description

Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

IVVQ Test Engineer for Electronics Units will:

Validation strategy definition and follow-up for Electronics Units for space applications. The activity is involved in a multidisciplinary team, with opportunity to participate in international engineering teams.

The candidate will lead the Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification (IVVQ) activities of the Units and its lower lever boards in accordance with the Solution Architect and the development team,

Training and Education:

Engineering Master in Telecommunication Systems or Electronics.

Skills:

• Proven experience in test engineering, ideally in the space industry.
• Experience/Knowledge in IVVQ strategy for electronic digital systems
• Experience/Knowledge in IVVQ activity including HW, FW and Test SW integration and validation.
• Experience (minimum 5 years) in IVVQ test
• Experience validating firmware (FW) and data processing units.
• Good skills for working in multidisciplinary engineering teams, with ability to work independently and in a team environment as needed.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proactivity and commitment towards the assigned tasks to ensure completion in time, cost and performance.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to anticipate and manage risks and opportunities associated to IVVQ activity.

Other Valued skills:

• Knowledge of space programs rules and standards (i.e. ECSS).
• Use of laboratory tools & instruments like Multimeters, Generators, Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Power Meters, Counters, etc.
• Knowledge of Programming language as Python
• Experience with any of these interfaces: UART, SPI, MIL-STD-1553, Wizard Link, HSSL High Speed Serial Links.
• Office suite

Languages:

• English essential

What do we offer?

• Smart Working (flexible working time, equipment & tools endowment, etc.).
• Free meals at the office.
• 28 business days of vacation.
• Pension plan.
• Individual training programs.
• Good working environment.

If you like teamwork, are looking for a new opportunity where you can learn new technologies, and space-business processes and tools and dynamic and results oriented, we're looking for you!.

We will consider being in possession of a certificate of disability.

Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now!