Research Assistant (Space Systems)
Role Overview
Support a university CubeSat mission over a one-year period as a Systems Engineer.
The work spans system design, requirements and interfaces, integration, verification, and Assembly–Integration–Test (AIT).
Work with faculty, engineers, and student teams and help ensure professional spacecraft development, testing, and documentation.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
Support a university CubeSat mission over a one-year period as a Systems Engineer.
The work spans system design, requirements and interfaces, integration, verification, and Assembly–Integration–Test (AIT).
Work with faculty, engineers, and student teams and help ensure professional spacecraft development, testing, and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Support spacecraft system design and requirements and interface work.
- Contribute to integration, verification, and AIT.
- Provide technical guidance while working with faculty, engineers, and student teams.
- Help ensure the spacecraft is developed, tested, and documented to a professional standard.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with complex hardware development such as spacecraft, avionics, embedded systems, or similar.
- Working knowledge of requirements, interface control, verification, and test planning and execution.
- Strong technical writing, organization, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree preferred.
- CubeSat or small-satellite project experience in university or industry preferred.
- Familiarity with EPS, ADCS, COMMS, OBC/CDH, or payload subsystems preferred.
- Student mentoring, small technical-team leadership, or educational-lab support experience preferred.
- Exposure to review gates, verification matrices, or configuration management preferred.
Application
- Applicants are asked to submit a detailed CV.
- The stated closing date is 22 December 2026.
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