IVV DIGITAL EQUIPMENT ENGINEER

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures.
Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.
We are looking for an IVV Digital Equipment Engineer, in this role you will be responsible for the following activities.
Support to project VCD writing and corresponding allocation of “test requirements” to “Test Cases”, in co-engineering and supervised by equipment Project Leader (PL) and System Engineer (SE).
Definition of the Test Plan / Test Specification per digital computer equipment (On Board Computer, Data Handling, Science & Special) for KOM/SRR/PDR/TRR, on the basis of IVV standard input and to support equipment PL & SE.
Definition and writing of the Test Procedures for EBB/EQM/PFM/FM equipment models for corresponding review TRR, on the basis of IVV standard input and PL & SE supervision.
Definition and writing of the FPGA Validation Test Plans & Procedures for EBB/EQM, on the basis of IVV standard input and PL, SE, HWE supervision.
Support and execution of HW/HW, HW/FW e HW/FW/SW integration of digital equipment.
Execution of qualification/acceptance tests (in particular.
functional, performance and electrical tests) of several HW models, basing on Test Procedures, including support ones to the Mechanical Load tests (before, during, after solicitation), the Thermal-Vacuum tests (before, during, after cycling), EMC/ESD tests (during CE/CS & RE/RS & ESD).
Production of the Test Report and attendance to the equipment TRB/DRB, with final compilation of VCD for any HW model.
All activities are mainly executed in TAS-I Milan site, environmental tests may be executed in TAS-I L’Aquila site.
Pre-requirements.
Knowledge of TE/EGSE “ECHO” of CCHE-I and of integration/qualification/acceptance methodologies per flight digital equipment, knowledge of “VeriEASY” tools.
Knowledge of programming languages (C, TESLA, JS, etc).
Knowledge of laboratory instrumentation (oscilloscope, multimeter, vector signal analyzer,…) Knowledge of analogue and digital electronics.
Basic knowledge of FPGA (RTAX, VIRTEX-5, SmartFusion, RTG4…) and their validation.
Basic knowledge of on-board SW validation and main uP (ERC-32, GR740, …) used in the space field.
Basic knowledge of space communication protocol s (B, SpW, CAN, RS422, WizardLink, CCSDS AOS TM, ECSS TM, PUS TC/TM, TMTC, …) Knowledge of English language Good usage of Microsoft Office package Good attitude to team working At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs.
With Thales Alenia Space employing around employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad.
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