Satellite Architect (M/F)

About the company

Want to join a passionate team pushing the boundaries of space? At HEMERIA, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects, contributing to the success of crucial scientific missions (Earth observation) and telecommunications.

Your tasks

We are looking for a Satellite Architect (M/F) to strengthen our HEMERIA teams within our SPACE & SKY division located in Toulouse.

Technical management of satellite projects

• Act as Technical Lead / Satellite Lead on the projects entrusted to you.
• Provide operational management to engineering teams: architects and specialized engineers.
• Guarantee the overall technical consistency of the satellite and compliance with project requirements.
• Participate in reviews, meetings, and project groups as well as progress reports.

Participate in pre-sales activities

• Contribute to the development of competitive and innovative offers.
• Analyze client needs and requirements.
• Participate in the definition of technical solutions to meet performance, cost, and scheduling challenges.

Design the global satellite architecture

• Design satellite solutions in their entirety.
• Ensure consistency between different technical domains: software, electronics, electrical, SCAO, mechanical, thermal, and RF.
• Arbitrate between different technical and programmatic constraints to optimize the global system.
• Identify necessary trade-offs between performance, cost, deadlines, and risks.

Manage specifications

• Validate the specifications of various system elements with the support of architects and specialized engineers:
• harnesses,
• equipment,
• onboard system,
• software,
• test benches,
• AIT activities.
• Guarantee the consistency of specifications with the architecture and system requirements.

Supervise qualification and testing

• Supervise the qualification of the satellite and its various components.
• Ensure the monitoring of integration and validation activities.
• Participate in the analysis of results and the resolution of any anomalies.

Prepare and participate in operations

• Supervise the preparation of satellite operations.
• Contribute to in-flight operations.
• Participate in performance verification and monitoring of satellite behavior.

Be the primary contact for clients and partners

• Ensure the technical interface with clients and partners.
• Guarantee the correct understanding of needs, requirements, and constraints.
• Present and defend architecture choices and technical solutions.
• Establish and maintain a relationship of trust with the various project stakeholders.

Contribute to management and documentation

• Participate in the writing of system documentation.
• Participate in reviews and meetings with clients and project teams.
• Provide support to the Project Manager in the financial and schedule monitoring of technical activities.
• Contribute to the monitoring of technical, budgetary, and scheduling objectives.

Requirements

Your profile With an Engineering background, you have more than 10 years of experience in the development of satellites or satellite subsystems, ideally with significant initial experience as a Satellite Architect.

You are recognized for

• Your very good command of English, both written and spoken.
• Your ability to understand a satellite system as a whole and to communicate with different technical professions.
• Your curiosity and interest in a wide diversity of technical fields necessary for the design and operation of a satellite.
• Your ability to innovate and be proactive.
• Your desire to design space systems differently, with more agility, speed, and a pragmatic approach to risk-taking.
• Your rigor and pragmatism in decision-making.
• Your ability to manage pressure positively and evolve in demanding environments.
• Your ability to create relationships of trust with internal teams, subcontractors, partners, and clients.

• You have more than 10 years of experience in the development of satellites or satellite subsystems, ideally with experience in at least two different subsystems (SCAO/GNC, Avionics …),

• You like to innovate (your ideas will be welcome), want to design space systems differently, with more agility and speed, and demonstrate rigor and pragmatism,
• You master English both written and spoken.
• You know how to create relationships of trust within our teams, with our subcontractors, and with our clients.

What we offer

*BENEFITS_:_**

• Social benefits (Free and family health insurance, Restaurant vouchers, etc.)
• Work organization (Flexible hours, possibility of teleworking, profit-sharing and incentive schemes)
• Career evolution (Internal mobility, personalized training, etc.)
• Parenting support (Birth bonus, guaranteed nursery places, etc.)
• QVT agreement (Time savings account, right to disconnect, etc.)
• CSE benefits (Holiday/culture vouchers, Christmas gift vouchers, team cohesion, etc.)
• Mobility aid (Kilometric allowance for bicycles, moving assistance)
• Referral Bonus in the amount of €1,000

Other

Occasional travel in France and abroad is to be expected as part of your missions.