Astroscale France is looking for an experienced AIV/AIT Manager to support the growth of our Toulouse office.
As AIV/AIT Manager you will take a leading role in the assembly, integration, verification (inspection & test) and launch of Astroscale France missions.
Main Responsibilities
- Delivery of Spacecraft/Mission level Assembly, Integration, and Verification/Test (AIV/AIT) activities.
- AIV/AIT test set-up design, development, and commissioning.
- Create and maintain system/satellite AIV/AIT procedures, plans, workflows, and schedules in accordance with technical and programmatic requirements.
- Contribute to bid related activities, including generation of (and subsequent delivery against) AIV/AIT related cost and schedule budgets.
- Contribute to overall industrial strategy including facilities creation and management
Wider Responsibilities
- Provide experienced AIV/AIT related guidance, training and mentoring to less experienced engineers.
- Represent AIV/AIT team in internal and external meetings with suppliers and customers.
- Represent AIV/AIT in internal project meetings, management meetings, reviews, and technical discussions.
- Co-ordinate and manage AIV/AIT activities between the Astroscale group of companies when the situation arises.
- Maintain costs and budget traceability.
Expected results
- Provide creative and cost-effective solutions to engineering problems.
- Deliver work to the expected quality standard within agreed timeframes.
- Demonstrate leadership, accountability, and customer focused mindset.
Essential Skills
- Master, MSc or higher education qualifications within mechanical/electrical/science fields.
- 10+ years of experience delivering spacecraft or mission level AIV/AIT activities across a range of mission types.
- Thorough knowledge and experience of spacecraft/mission AIV/AIT process, ideally with an established delivery record across several manufacturers.
- Understanding of spacecraft systems, interfacing and operations
- Deep technical knowledge/understanding of AIV/AIT planning, processes, GSE (mechanical & electrical) development, set-up and operation, and verification activities of Mechanical AIT activities (including subsystem, system, and environmental level testing).
- Proactive and self-managing, whilst contributing collaboratively within a close-knit team.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Be eligible and registered to work within Europe.
- Be eligible and gain security clearance in France.
Desirable skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ideally, experience interacting with international teams.
- Design skills and knowledge for development of test infrastructure (mechanical and/or electrical).
- Experience with test and development of mechanisms, installation of spacecraft MLI and harness
- Well organized, flexible working approach, ability to adapt to change.
- Knowledge of, and interest in, active space debris removal and space debris removal missions.
- Understanding of both traditional and ‘new space’ mission approaches.
- Awareness of ECSS standards in system engineering, testing and verification.
- Experience with scripting languages and automated testing tools.
- Knowledge of planning and execution of environmental test campaigns (including Thermal, Mechanical and EMC verification campaigns)
- Willing to work with innovative technologies.
Core competencies
- Demonstrates behaviours in line with Astroscale values (mission and people focused, transparent, innovative and pioneering, diverse and customer focused).
- Proactive, able to build working relationships, mentoring & knowledge sharing
Location
Astroscale France (Toulouse), with some hybrid working
About Astroscale
Astroscale is the global leader in on-orbit servicing, dedicated to the secure and sustainable development of space. The company delivers a variety of innovative and scalable on-orbit servicing solutions, including life extension, refurbishment, upgrades, in-situ space situational awareness, end-of-life, and active debris removal. Since its first successful launch in March 2021, Astroscale has proven rendezvous and proximity operations technologies in orbit during the ELSA-d and ADRAS-J missions. Astroscale spacecraft have been selected for pioneering missions with JAXA, the U.S. Space Force, the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and Eutelsat. As more satellite operators adopt on-orbit servicing to routinely inspect, relocate, remove, and extend the life of spacecraft, the potential of a circular space economy — and a future of no waste in space — is being unlocked. Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has a global presence with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Israel. Find out more about Astroscale at www.astroscale.com.
Skills Required
- Master, MSc or higher in mechanical, electrical, or science field
- 10+ years delivering spacecraft or mission-level AIV/AIT activities across multiple mission types
- Thorough knowledge and experience of spacecraft/mission AIV/AIT processes and proven delivery record with manufacturers
- Understanding of spacecraft systems, interfacing and operations
- Deep technical knowledge of AIV/AIT planning, GSE (mechanical & electrical) development, set-up and operation, and mechanical AIT verification activities including environmental testing
- Proactive, self-managing and collaborative team contributor
- Fluent in French and English
- Eligible and registered to work within Europe
- Eligible to obtain security clearance in France
What We Do
Founded in 2013, Astroscale is a global leader in on-orbit servicing dedicated to the secure and sustainable development of space. The company delivers innovative and scalable solutions, including life extension, refurbishment, upgrades, in-situ space situational awareness, and active debris removal. These services empower satellite operators to reduce risks and increase returns while fostering a sustainable space environment for the benefit of future generations.
