Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), is a key European player in space telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, exploration and orbital infrastructures. Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio form the two parent companies’ “Space Alliance”, which offers a complete range of services and solutions. It has unrivalled expertise in dual (civil/military) missions, constellations, flexible payloads, altimetry, meteorology and high-resolution optical and radar instruments. The company posted consolidated revenues in excess of 2.2 billion euros in 2022, and has 8,500 employees across 18 sites in 10 countries.

TAS-UK Ltd was established in 2013 and is part of TAS’s growing European footprint, now comprising of more than 200 people in the UK. The TAS development in the UK has arisen from key capability areas. This includes the creation of a research and development centre, focused on exploration, science R&T and prime engineering with a view to support the long-term technology roadmaps of international space agencies.

TAS-UK has been defined as the Propulsion Centre of Competence for the whole of the TAS organisation. The UK team covers all activities related to propulsion matters, such as engineering (design activities, subsystem justification including mechanical and thermal analysis, slosh and plume effect analysis), procurement, subsystem tests, units and processes qualification, production, AIT including test campaign at launch pad(propellant/gas filling), launch and in-orbit activities (including disposal operations) and monitoring.

Project Description:

This role is a 2-month summer placement lasting 8 weeks. This project is to study into the methods for supporting the industrial capacity analysis already available in the company and commercially available but current not applied. Complete a trade study for application in low volume and high volume production consider processes and techniques used in space. Following the trade study, apply the modelling techniques to the current production facility and road map for future projects. Output to show current status of the loading in the facility, constraints or limitations that could be considered in the future.

Skills that would be developed:

• Industrial Capacity analysis techniques

• Logic diagrams

• Production Flow Diagrams

• Some software

• Project Management

• Presentation skills to stakeholders

Academic Requirements:

• They are expected to be in progress of (or have gained) a manufacturing based bachelor’s degree.

• Team player who is enthusiastic and can confidently interface to a range of teams within a company

• Other applicable technical or related degrees will also be considered.

Desirable requirements:

• Previous understanding /exposure to capacity analysis tools

Process details:

• 8 weeks minimum fixed term contract to be agreed with successful candidate

• In-person Induction Event to be held on 24-June-2024, and an in-person/hybrid Showcase Event to be held in Autumn of 2024

• 5 days holiday to be taken during the placement