Lander System Engineer (PR-34303554) Tokyo, Japan

Salary: competitive

Details about the Client

We are a company that specializes in developing lunar exploration technology and is considered a pioneer in the private space exploration race. Headquartered in Japan and with international operations, we focuses on developing technologies to utilize the Moon's resources, aiming to enable future lunar activities and commercial operations around the Moon.

The main business activities of us include planning and operating lunar exploration missions, providing lunar transportation services, and developing technologies for mining resources on the Moon. In particular, the company's capabilities in deploying landers and rovers for lunar exploration highlight its technological prowess. Moreover, we aims to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon through these technologies.

Furthermore, we advance its missions through international partnerships. The company collaborates with major space agencies worldwide, including NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), working on groundbreaking lunar exploration projects as a private company.

Ultimately, we are positioned as a leading company in the new era of space exploration, harboring ambitious plans to create an economic sphere on the Moon. Through its technological developments and international collaborations, we are shaping the future of humanity in space.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Systems Engineer to join its team developing lunar orbiters, landers, and rovers. The ideal candidate will have broad experience in the system engineering process of spacecraft and good technical knowledge of multiple spacecraft subsystems. This is a unique opportunity to join a truly fascinating project, the first stage of company's plans to perform resource prospecting on the moon. In this position, you will assigned to one or more of company's projects, and join a small, international team of engineers working towards the detailed design and qualification of our first missions.

Candidates with demonstrated "hands-on" experience in some engineering domains and interdisciplinary experience are preferred. Teamwork is valued, and depending on the strengths of each member of the systems engineering team, the responsibilities listed below will be assigned accordingly, and extended into various domains such as GNC, flight software, avionics, operations, assembly, test and integration.



Description

Key Responsibilities
Perform system level trade-offs, co-ordinating inputs from various disciplines within the team, to evaluate any proposed changes of the design baseline.
Contribute to requirements management ensuring all requirements are closed-out at the planned project landmarks
Take ownership of the technical budgets, such as propellant, power, and link budgets for spacecraft performance.
Ensure internal interfaces between various spacecraft subsystems are maintained
Support AIT and subsystem leads in defining test plans and procedures which will successfully verify the spacecraft design.
Lead efforts to resolve non-compliances identified during spacecraft AIT
Contribute to risk assessments during the spacecraft development and support the Project Manager in defining risk mitigation plans
Co-ordinate efforts between Ground Segment, GNC, Avionics, and Software in defining a spacecraft operational concept.

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor or Masters degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
5+ years of experience of systems engineering preferably in the space industry, ideally during the development phase and at spacecraft level
Broad experience of several spacecraft subsystems: Structure, Thermal, Avionics, GNC, Propulsion, Communications, Software
Experience in defining requirements for spacecraft systems
Proficient in Matlab, Python, or equivalent
Experience in spacecraft operations
Familiarity with spacecraft design and test standards: ECSS, MIL-STD, or similar
Self-motivated and comfortable making key decisions within a fast-paced environment
Excellent presentation skills, both verbally and written. Enthusiastic attitude and team player
Working level in English, Native Japanese

Preferred Qualifications
Requirements management and traceability of requirements until verification
Experience performing FMECA, reliability analysis, and/or hazard analysis
5+ years of experience of systems engineering within the space industry
Experience with electrical system testing
Experience with system level testing such as hardware-in-the-loop testing
Deep knowledge of subsystems such as structure, thermal and power, and experience controlling the system level design in terms of mass and/or power budget


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