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KTP Associate Post: University of Southampton and Surrey Satellites Technology Ltd, salary range: £21-24k pa
KTP supports partnerships between business and Universities or research organisations, placing graduates (KTP Associates), to work on challenging, high profile projects.
Accelerate your career
Gain valuable experience and marketable, highly transferable skills
Earn a competitive salary
Receive practical and formal management training and development
Opportunity for a professional qualification
Enjoy an excellent chance of a permanent post with the company
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships provide employment and personal development opportunities for over 1000 graduates throughout the UK. Find out how Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can offer you a slice of the action by visiting: www.ktponline.org.uk/graduates
The Role
To develop structural aspects of new lunar orbit satellite to map lunar surface, collect scientific data and provide hardware infrastructure for future communications requirements.
Our Industrial partner for this project, Surrey Satellites Technology Limited, is leading a consortium of European Universities (which includes Southampton) which will design, build, test, launch and operate a satellite in lunar orbit. This project is technologically very challenging as it requires a level of efficiency from the various subsystems, including the structure, far superior to that normally required by low earth orbit satellites.
Another challenge comes from the cost that is usually associated with such endeavour; as the level of optimization necessary to achieve sufficient design efficiency and reliability for this type of application requires a considerable design effort, validated by extensive testing activities. Standard procedures and requirements are described in various documents issued by various bodies ranging from Space Agencies (e.g. ESA) to Launch Vehicle Manufacturer/Operators (e.g. Arianespace). The implementation of these procedures has a significant impact on the cost.
The main aim of this project is to investigate and implement alternatives to some of these standard procedures with the aim to achieve the same or higher level of efficiency reducing the cost for the implementation. Two specific areas that show potential of improvement are the correlation of the satellite finite element model with test results (that can drive an expensive phase of model updating), and material selection (usually limited to very expensive space qualified materials). However the specific area of investigation will be set in collaboration with the company during the initial phases of the development of this project.
The Person
MEng or equivalent qualification in mechanical or civil engineering. Ideally possessing of manufacturing design experience within the aerospace sector.
Technical: Logical thinker with desire to work in commercial environment. Able to organise own research activities and quality standards effectively. Competent, hands-on engineer.
Communication: Able to work effectively in a team and organise time, tasks and responsibilities with other team members. Ability to clearly document and communicate results at a company level and to prospective customers.
Teamwork: Confidence and ability to embed in a technical team, engage with external suppliers and customers, and to transfer ideas and information between the knowledge base and company.
The Company Partner: SSTL
SSTL is an independent British company within the EADS Astrium NV group. We have been delivering small satellite missions for over 25 years - longer than anyone else in the world, giving us the experience to justify our reputation as the world's premier provider of operational and commercial satellite programmes.
SSTL provide complete in-house design, manufacture, launch and operation of small satellites; deliver complete mission solutions for remote sensing, science, navigation and telecommunications; deliver space training and development programmes including on-the-job customer training; design and build remote sensing and communications payloads; supply avionics suites and subsystems; build and install ground infrastructure; and provide consultancy services.
The University Partner:
Employed by the University of Southampton on a two year fixed term contract (subject to funding), but working full-time at SSTL, you will work under the supervision of experts from the University of Southampton’s Astronautics group in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment.
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Guglielmo Aglietti at the University of Southampton. T: 02380 592453.
The closing date for this post is 9 March 2012. Please apply online through www.jobs.soton.ac.uk or alternatively telephone 023 8059 2750 for an application form. Please quote vacancy reference number 090412AK on all correspondence.
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