Cleanliness & Contamination Engineer

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space Ltd.

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2018 it generated revenues of € 64 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world's leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

Are you passionate about Cleanliness and Contamination control? Do you have corporate experience in the space industry? Are you looking for a position where you can share and develop the R&D methodology and hardware types? Then we want to hear from you.

Due to organic growth and new projects Airbus are looking for a Cleanliness & Contamination Engineer to be based on the Stevenage site. As a Cleanliness & Contamination Engineer you will be joining a small team in the UK who are part of a larger transnational team (20). You will be working with your peers who are passionate about knowledge sharing.

Satellites & Spacecraft are highly sensitive to particulate and molecular contamination as they can highly affect their performance in flight. Especially, Earth Observation Satellites and optical instruments are critical and cleanliness levels shall be strictly controlled to prevent any issue on ground during manufacturing and tests, or in flight (materials outgassing / condensation, thruster plume effects).

The Cleanliness & Contamination Control (C&CC) technical domain is part of 'Materials & Processes' department. As a C&CC engineer, you will be in charge to guarantee spacecraft cleanliness levels along its lifetime on ground, during launch and in flight, and therefore guarantee associated performance.

The C&CC engineer is involved all along the program:
• from the design (material selection, influence spacecraft architecture, bake out strategy definition & implementation),
• follow procurement of Equipment (specification to suppliers and documentation review)
• during manufacturing & tests (Cleanroom & test facilities contamination predictions & monitoring),
• in orbit contamination predictions and follow on in case of unexpected behaviour
• Keep in constant communication with the suppliers, customers and other departments to inform of timeframes and manage expectations
• Visit the lab environment to gain an understanding of the lab and the engineers who work there.

The role comes with frequent travel, due to meeting suppliers and customers.

Tasks & accountabilities

For each program, the C&CC engineer mission is to deliver:
• Cleanliness Requirement Specification - Definition of requirements needed to ensure cleanliness during on ground and in flight operations
• Cleanliness & Contamination Control Plan - Define and implement manufacturing conditions needed to guarantee cleanliness levels (Cleanroom environment definition, material selection, covers, purging concept validation, qualification of cleaning methods),
• Define & implement production monitoring methods with support of the laboratory.
• Manage on ground and in orbit contamination predictions (with support of Space Physics department for simulations)
• Bake out plans & reports (define & implement bake out conditions, associated success criteria)
• Program / Equipment cleanliness reports & certificate at delivery or at launch

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Required skills

• Experienced in Space industry, with a good leadership, interfacing with customers / agencies
• Experienced in Cleanroom management, Cleanliness during thermal vacuum tests & bake out
• Some knowledge in Quartz Cristal Microbalance / gas analysis / mass spectrometer.

Any understanding of Cleanliness of fluidic systems would be appreciated, but not essential.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We value the strength that diverse perspectives bring to our business, so if you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the recruitment process please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you

The successful candidate will be subject to security clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.
In return we can offer a competitive salary with annual profit share; an ever growing list of company benefits and strong career development options across our transnational, market leading company.