Space Environment and Radiation Engineer

Thales

Turin, Italy

The candidate shall operate inside a Space Environment system engineering team supporting system level projects and shall interface with the Agencies and Customers. Good communication skills, pro-active attitude in facing and solving problems and inclination to team working are required.

Key duties:

Act as member of the Space Environments for Space Radiation, Plasma and Debris (as well as Meteoroids, Dust, Vacuum Testing, Destructive Debris Re-entry, Atomic Oxygen) aspects
Analyze space environment characteristics and relevant requirements for specific mission with associated constraints and threats to the spacecraft
Perform evaluations and analyses of space environment effects on complex space systems by means of both simplified assessments and set-up of 3D mathematical/geometrical models using specific analyses tools
Define detailed Space Environment system and lower-tier requirements and specifications
Devise mitigation and design solutions to meet the Customer needs
Support system and subsystem activities to draft detailed specifications and detailed design implementation
Follow-on of sub-Contractors activities
Support verification ad validation activities both at subsystem and system level
Support Quality Assurance activities for discussion and disposition of NCRs during manufacturing, integration and testing activities
Interface with Project Teams and Customers

Skills, experience and qualifications required:

Master degree in Nuclear Engineering or Physics
Ability to work with flexibility in a multidisciplinary team with a continuous learning attitude
Fluent English (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
Knowledge of Monte Carlo methods
Knowledge of CAD tools and modelling tools
Knowledge of computational languages (in particular Fortran, C/C++, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python)
Knowledge of radiation analysis and plasma charging tools (e.g. FASTRAD, SPENVIS, GEANT4, SPIS) is a plus

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