Imager Electronics Engineer

Overview

In this role you contribute to space missions from concept to operations within the Optical Payloads group. You drive verification and testing of imager electronics and support cross-disciplinary teams across the mission lifecycle. You will shape test plans, debug complex boards, and ensure robustness for space environments. This is a hands-on, cradle-to-grave role with exposure to AIT, commissioning, and in-space operations, offering impact at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• 32 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension Scheme with Life Assurance
• Private Medical & International Travel Insurance
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Share Incentive Plan
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Pay

Responsibilities

• Lead verification, testing, and debugging of imager electronics for SSTL Optical Payloads
• Develop and execute test plans for digital, analogue, and mixed-signal electronics
• Perform board-level validation, characterization, and performance assessment
• Support design teams by reviewing schematics and layouts for testability and robustness
• Carry out circuit simulations and analysis to support verification activities
• Prepare electronics for manufacture and acceptance testing, ensuring space-environment compliance
• Design and maintain Electronics Ground Support Equipment with emphasis on test automation and repeatability
• Produce technical documents including test procedures, validation reports, and test results
• Maintain solutions, budgets, and schedules related to verification and test activities
• Interface at system and subsystem level to ensure test coverage and traceability
• Collaborate with core project team to support integration, AIT, and commissioning phases

Key requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in electronics verification, testing, and debugging (or electronics design with strong test focus)
• Experience in mixed-signal circuit testing and validation
• Strong proficiency with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, signal generators)
• Familiarity with Mentor tools is a plus
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or TCL for test automation
• Understanding of FPGA design and verification in VHDL
• Strong fault-finding skills and analytical approach to diagnosing complex issues

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to influence, persuade, and negotiate at all levels
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and proactive
• Electronics verification, testing, and debugging
• Mixed-signal circuit testing and validation
• Lab test equipment (scope, logic analyzers, signal generators)

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