Imager Electronics Engineer

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? Join the Imager Electronics team at SSTL and work on exciting space missions from LEO to GEO and beyond. As an engineer at SSTL, you'll be involved in every stage of a mission, from concept to AIT, launch, commissioning, and operational life. This is a true cradle-to-grave experience that will give you the chance to see your work in space in a rapid timescale! As part of the Optical Payloads group, you'll collaborate closely with other members of the Optical Department and the core satellite mission team, interacting with technical leads across multiple disciplines to create innovative solutions.

Key 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 detailed circuit‑level debugging using lab equipment and diagnostic tools

· Conduct board‑level validation, characterisation, and performance assessment

· Support design teams by reviewing schematics and layouts, ensuring testability and robustness

· Carry out circuit simulations and analysis to support verification activities

· Prepare electronics for manufacture and acceptance testing, ensuring compliance with space‑environment requirements

· Design and maintain Electronics Ground Support Equipment with a focus on test automation and repeatability

· Produce high‑quality technical documents, including test procedures, validation reports, and test results

· Maintain technical solutions, budgets, and schedules relating to verification and test activities

· Interface at system and subsystem level to ensure appropriate test coverage and traceability throughout the project lifecycle

· Work closely within a core project team to support integration, AIT, and commissioning phases