Project Description:

• The intern will work within the AIT (Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test) team in Portsmouth, particularly the test and integration of state of the art digital signal processors within the payload which enable the system to be tested during the production phase.

• The test process needs to be ready to take production payloads, and therefore the test process has to be validated in advance of production payloads arriving at Portsmouth AIT. 

• The intern will have the opportunity to work closely with the existing AIT team, and make proposals to validate  the test environment for Onesat, and get the system ready for production.

• The intern will be tasked with duties to identify, specify, improve, test and report on specific parts of the validation process.

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Applicant Specification:

• You are a confident presenter and speaker, able to explain ideas, plans, requirements, and features to all types of audience.

• You prefer progress over perfection.

• You are positive, constructive, and enthusiastic even when it's a bad day.

• You like a challenge and will find solutions even when it's not easy.

Minimum requirements:

• Passion and enthusiasm

• A strong interest in satellite or payload AIT and relevant processes.

• Creativity, curiosity, openness, team spirit.

• The ability to listen, understand and communicate information. 

• Proactive, can-do attitude. Self starter.

• Good at researching and taking action on the results.

• A strong interest in developing yourself.

• Negotiation level in English 

• Authorisation to work in the UK (resident or current VISA)

Process details:

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

• In-person/virtual Induction Event to be held on 24th June, and an in-person/hybrid Showcase Event to be held in the autumn.

• 5 days holiday to be taken during the placement

How we work:

We strive to create a high trust environment that enables team members to bring their whole selves to work – this helps to create the foundations of an innovation culture. Our shared values are critical to this:

• We care - for our people, our partners, and our planet

• We connect - and engage with people and ideas

• We learn - and grow, as people and as an industry

Underpinning this is our belief in great teams, our combined efforts will always deliver outcomes beyond that of any individual providing we are honest through debate, experiment and reflect, and create shared resolutions in support of our purpose. Live these values, work to our principles, take ownership to deliver, and we are certain you will thrive with us.

This job description set outs the skills and experience we believe are needed to be able to do this job but, research also tells us women are much more likely than men to take this list of requirements as absolute and self-select out of the process. If you think you can deliver this role then we want to hear from you, regardless of the boxes you didn’t tick.