Job Description

Impel Talent are excited to support one of our major partners that are pioneering to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. The business are looking for Technical Architect - Spacecraft Systems that will be central in making a difference every day by ensuring the architecture is in place to drive forward our missions and help to make space safer and more sustainable for future generations.

As a Technical Architect you will be the right hand of the Engineering Director and take ownership of a number of delegated responsibility to ensure that the business unit delivers on time, and with ambition.

Our client are renowned on being a friendly, welcoming and diverse team and work in cutting edge missions in the ever evolving Space industry.

Responsibilities

• Technical decisions for projects
  • Receives the Engineering Director’s delegation of authority in relation to technical decisions
  • Is the technical reviewer for their field of specialism across each of the engineering domains
  • Is the key referent/ first point of contact in case of technical queries that cannot be managed by the respective teams
  
  

• Problem resolution
  • Works across the engineering teams to ensure problems are managed from identification through to resolution. Help resolve technical problems as and when they arise
  • Analyses issues breaking them down into smaller manageable parts
  
  

• Project & technical development reviews
  • Oversees the technical development and implementation of assigned programs in the relevant project reviews, and guides teams
  
  

• Engineering processes and procedures
  • Ensures quality of standards and procedures across engineering; defining, mapping and proposing processes and procedures

Essential Skills

• Undergraduate engineering degree in an associated field.
• Extensive experience in the development & design of spacecraft systems
• Experience at spacecraft level in a systems architecture roles
• At least 10-15+ years’ experience in their areas of expertise
• Experience working with businesses delivering long-term complex projects and programmes
• Analytically excellent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels
• Resilience, passion for results
• Curious, problem-solving skills, challenges the status quo
• Principles led and impeccable work ethic

If this position sounds of interest and you would like to learn more, please contact Eugene at eugene.mcintyre@impeltalent.com.