URA is transitioning from small company, working solely on R&D to an SME who is commercialising our products. 

One of these products is a Porous Electrospray Thruster. 

Your role will be to take all the information about this thruster, and, working with others in the propulsion team, translate this information into a full Bill of Materials ready for production. 

This will involve understanding the documentation, drawings and technical specifications, and delivering the full Bill of Materials onto our software platform, Odoo. 

Minimum requirements:

• Experience with “front-line” work with significant responsibilities in a space industry SME at the forefront of space technology developments in the UK.

• Knowledge of EN9100 and ISO9001 certification, potentially being involved in an audit (depending on the timing of the start of the placement)

• Improve interpersonal and team-working skills with a young, multicultural, multi-skilled and passionate team.

• Improve problem solving skills in short timescales.

• Knowledge of different space systems: Spaceflight, space propulsion: thrusters, electronics, fluidics, diagnostics, space mechanisms, exploration and interplanetary missions, etc.

• Knowledge of the end to end processes of designing and developing propulsion systems for flight.

• Knowledge of the complexity of the systems, sub-systems and components that go into making a functional spacecraft. 

Minimum requirements:

-        Good knowledge of engineering drawings and technical requirements

-        Good IT skills to create the Bill of Materials

-        Good communication skills

-        Right to work in the UK.

Process details:

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

• In-person Induction Event to be held on 24th June 2024, and an in-person/hybrid Showcase Event to be held on a date TBD.

• 2 days holiday per month to be taken during the placement

  *About URA Thrusters*

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.