AIT Mechanical Engineer

AIT Mechanical Technician
Portsmouth
Six Month Contract

To perform mechanical integration assembly, harness wiring and facilitate performance testing of satellite payloads.

Shift work and weekend work required. Successful candidates will initially be on straight days whilst they are trained, this is expected to be for a period of 1 to 2 weeks. May be required to travel to other UK and International sites.

Responsibilities include:

- Perform payload equipment/component receiving inspection, preparation (kits), assembly/installation for test and/or flight configuration. (Wave-guide and Units Assembly on various thermal fillers (encompassing skilled fitting operations)
- Document and complete work according to company procedures.
- Signoff/Complete Daily Integration log, work instruction and Connectivity Log, etc.
- Prepare, use, apply, handle and dispose of chemical and hazardous substances such as thermal filler, silver epoxy, Araldite, Electrodag and Solithane.
- Support MGSE handling and lifting operations. Using Overhead pendant cranes, and other lifting equipment.
- Prepare, clean, route, secure and mating/torque of flight and test coax cables DC harness connectors (installation and removal)
- Know and perform harness-securing methods such as fibreglass taping, tie wraps, lacing chord, tie bases. torque methods: order and value
- Thread and fillet locking methods: (Using epoxy and silicone based resins)
- Calibrate and properly use - torque tools/crimp tools (mechanical and harness) and required hardware.
- Understand technical documents (Drawings, procedures, technical notes, etc).
- Keep Integration areas (tools, toolboxes, workstations, etc) clean and tidy in accordance with 5S policy.
- Support On Shift work (50-100% of the time) for all hours 7 days a week onsite and perform offsite operations as required. Work hours will include periods of normal day work and 2 or 3 shift systems including weekend working.
- Use the machine shop for minor fabrication, modification and repair.
- Populate and rework Cannon D type connectors to company standards in accordance with Technical notes for non-flight applications
- Process Control inspection of Assembly, Integration and Test activity for spacecraft payloads.
- Monitoring and reporting of AIT process control criteria, including inspection verification of production activities, documentation records and collection/evaluation of metrics

Scope of activities

- Responsible to the AIT Integration Manager.
- Working as a member of a project AIT team with electrical and mechanical specialists whose objective is to produce world leading satellite payloads.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

- Production experience in high quality manufacturing area; Space/aerospace experience
- Apprenticeship in Aerospace/Space production or Maintenance.
- Experience of the following.
- Clean Room work
- Detailed assembly and fitting work (type of equipment and processes similar to, and to the standard required, for aerospace industry).
- Thread and fillet locking methods: (Solithane and Scotchweld) - Understand technical documents
- Handling chemical and hazardous substances
- Harness-securing methods
- Installation and removal coaxial cables/DC harnesses
- Inspection of critical electronic/electrical/electro-mechanical hardware.

hy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.