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Holt Executive are partnered with an industry-leading design and manufacturing business with several sites across the UK. The company have a cutting-edge product range and supply the surveillance and defence industries. They are seeking a Wirer to join their growing team in West Sussex.

This is your chance to be part of a dynamic, innovative company crafting cutting-edge technology for diverse global markets.

The successful Wirer will have a good understanding and experience of manufacturing wiring looms and assembling connectors, routing and fitting complex wiring to enclosures and other mechanical structures.

Ensuring work gets completed to the deadlines set by the production team is a must, whilst adhering to wiring best practices, quality standards and procedures.

If your skills and experience match this Wirer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

 
Key Responsibilities for the Wirer:

• Accurate assembly of equipment to Engineering drawings.
• Responsibility for inspecting own work, checking for electrical errors and ensuring equipment is wired according to drawings, best practices and applicable standards/procedures before passing equipment to the next stage of the manufacturing process.
• Ensure changes/modifications/improvements during the build process are documented and communicated to the Engineering team via the change request or P1 wiring process.
• Ensure that all procedures are followed as specified in the Quality Manual.
• Ensure work can be completed by communicating material shortages with production control and purchasing.

Key Skills & Experience Required by the Wirer:

• Relevant experience in an electrical wiring field.
• Basic mechanical assembly skills desirable.
• Highly focused with excellent attention to detail.
• Work independently of other staff when required.
• A team-orientated approach with the ability to build effective working relationships.

Company Benefits:

• 37.5-hour work week with lunchtime finishes on Fridays.
• 28 days annual leave and Christmas closure.
• Employee Help@Hand Service providing access to remote GP services, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy consultations.
• Life Assurance Policy, including Bereavement Counselling and Probate Helpline.
• Company Share Incentive Plan and Save as You Earn Scheme.
• Wellbeing initiatives, including access to the Aviva Wellbeing App and regular wellbeing activities.
• Employee discount scheme, including access to a wellbeing hub.
• Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.

If your skills and experience match this Wirer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

Holt Executive are partnered with a leading Global Satellite and Space leader that provides reliable and secure satellite-delivered voice and high-speed data communications solutions to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers worldwide. Their Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network is revolutionizing global broadband connectivity.
 
We have an exciting opportunity for a Satellite Systems Specialist to play a crucial role in the success of the constellation program.
 
Key Responsibilities for the Satellite Systems Specialist: 

• Working closely with other segments and teams on multiple key system aspects including end-to-end communication, network entry, service availability, and satellite payload power consumption management. 
• Working with cross-functional teams to align the payload design with the overall network performance.
• Meeting and interfacing with the spacecraft and/or payload unit suppliers/vendors to ensure that the program requirements are met in terms of development, qualification and performance of the hardware.
• Ensure that the spacecraft and payload unit suppliers/vendors are on schedule and that technical deliverables are being met.
• Understand and resolve design, production or test issues via co-engineering with the suppliers engineering team.
• Supporting with payload integration activities.
• Evaluating the technical analysis presented by the spacecraft vendor.
• Analyzing design review data and actively participate in various Preliminary, Critical and Test Readiness Reviews, and provide technical reports on program status.
• Participate in In-Orbit Testing of satellite performance and provide recommendations for satellite acceptance and commissioning.
• Preparing presentations and regular status reports.

 
Key Skills & Experience Required by the Satellite Systems Specialist: 

• A Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Aerospace (or equivalent).
• 12+ years of relevant space industry experience.
• A background in satellite payload and/or payload unit engineering.
• Knowledge or familiarity with satellite/payload manufacturing and supply chain management.
• Experience with collaborative software such as Jira, Confluence & Jama.
• Experience with optical communications and/or digital communications and/or space electronics an asset.
• Technical expertise supported by strong organizational and planning skills.  
• Strong technical, presentation, interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).

 
The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP).
 
This opportunity offers a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and occasional travel is anticipated.
 
If your skills and experience match this Satellite Systems Specialist opportunity, we encourage you to apply by sending your CV now!
 

Holt Executive are partnered with a leading Global Satellite and Space leader that provides reliable and secure satellite-delivered voice and high-speed data communications solutions to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers worldwide. Their Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network is revolutionizing global broadband connectivity.

 We have an exciting opportunity for a Hardware Reliability Engineer to ensure reliability and performance of their satellite user terminals and landing station hardware.

 Key Responsibilities for the Hardware Reliability Engineer:

• Reliability testing and analysis of satellite user terminal and landing station hardware components and systems.
• Requirements definition for Mean Time Before Failure at component level.
• Develop and execute reliability test plans, including environmental stress testing, accelerated life testing, and failure mode analysis (FMA).
• Work with design engineers to identify potential reliability issues and implement design improvements based on test results.
• Statistical analysis of test data to evaluate product reliability, predict failures, and recommend enhancements.
• Produce detailed test reports and present findings to stakeholders, providing recommendations for product enhancements.
• Participate actively in design reviews to ensure reliability requirements are met and Design For Excellence (DfX).
• Testing and evaluation of supplier components and materials for reliability compliance and performance suitability and provide requirements for field replacement and repair strategies.
• Definition and implementation of reliability metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).

 Key Skills & Experience Required by the Hardware Reliability Engineer:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, ideally in the satellite communication or aerospace industries.
• Experience in reliability testing methodologies such as HALT, HASS, FMEA, and environmental testing.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 or DO-160 is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in statistical analysis tools.
• Familiarity with reliability prediction software (e.g., ReliaSoft, Relex, Windchill) is advantageous.
• Knowledge of satellite user terminal hardware architecture and components.

 
The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP).

This opportunity offers a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and occasional travel is anticipated.

If your skills and experience match this Hardware Reliability Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply by sending your CV now!

Holt Executive are partnered with a leading Global Satellite Operator that provides reliable and secure satellite-delivered voice and high-speed data communications solutions to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers worldwide. Their Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network will revolutionize global broadband connectivity.

We have an exciting opportunity a Mission Assurance Director to play a vital role in the support and coordination of all Mission Assurance Activities for this LEO satellite network.
 
Key Responsibilities for the Mission Assurance Director:

• Design and provide the vision of how the program will achieve mission success.
• Coordinate all mission assurance activities for the program.
• Plan and manage the mission assurance Organization.
• Develop and maintain a system for managing processes critical to mission success as well as processes for program quality.
• You will oversee and manage the mission assurance team, providing the team strategy to meet company objectives.
• You will motivate the team and provide guidance, career development, and mentorship.
• Risk Management.
• Quality and nonconformance reporting, corrective and preventive action, supplier assurance, software assurance, operations quality.
• Reviews, audits, and investigations.

 
Key Skills and Experience for the Mission Assurance Director:

• A Bachelor’s degree in engineering. A Master’s degree or equivalent in Engineering Management is preferred.
• 15+ years’ experience in engineering development involving both hardware and software, preferably working in communications or satellites.
• At least 5 years’ experience as a manager with Mission Assurance experience.
• Experience assessing technical statuses and issues in hardware, software, and operations.
• Strong expertise in failure and anomaly investigation, corrective action, preventive action, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate with engineers, internal and external stakeholders, and senior management.
• Ability to convey status and issues clearly, concisely, and accurately.
• Proven organizational skills.
• A team player, that is collaborative and independently driven.
• High-level of expertise with Microsoft Office suite: Excel, Project, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint, and Atlassian tools: Jira, Confluence.

 
This opportunity offers a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office. 

If your skills and experience match this Mission Assurance Director opportunity, we encourage you to apply by sending your CV now!

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space Sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology and engineering innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to tackle the growing problem of space debris, making space and our orbits safer for future generations.

They require a Security Operations Engineer to join the Global IT and Security Team and drive security improvement across the business, which covers Microsoft 365, on-premises systems and AWS cloud services. The role will cover monitoring and analysis of security posture, ensuring that best practices are applied and that the best possible secure configurations are in place.

This isn’t a position for someone to write reports on identified weaknesses, it’s for someone to roll up their sleeves and fix them, alongside a global team of IT professionals.
 

Responsibilities for the Security Operations Engineer:

• Analyse, continually enhance and report on the security of the company’s Microsoft tenant. This will include ensuring all security controls required are effectively implemented including conditional access, identity management and privileged access management.
• Lead the configuration of Microsoft Purview for data loss prevention.
• Actively manage software vulnerabilities. Through the use of Intune, and working with the global IT team, create and manage installations to ensure that software across the estate is patched. Actively seek out dangerous software and remove it.
• Analyse cloud services ensuring that best practice is applied to secure configurations.
• Work to enhance and improve detection capabilities, ensuring that sufficient sensors are in place to identify anomalous activity across endpoints, cloud infrastructure and on-premises equipment.
• Regularly audit information systems through conducting regular or automated penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and other security testing activities.
• Hunt for threats in the Microsoft environment and build custom detections specific to our use cases.
• Work with other members of the security team to build assurance in specific use cases, including spacecraft operations.

Experience required by the Security Operations Engineer:

• Solid Microsoft 365 security experience in configuration (as well as analysis).
• Intune experience in a corporate production environment.
• Experience working in hybrid global environments with VPNs and complex network topologies.
• Experience with DLP technologies (ideally Microsoft Purview).
• Degree educated with a Computer Science/Information Security degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience working in a blue-team type environment or role.
• AWS and cloud security understanding and experience.
• Penetration testing knowledge and experience, from vulnerability scanning through to more advanced security analysis.
• Experience and knowledge of ISO27001 or similar standards (desirable).
• Programming and scripting in PowerShell, Python and other languages (desirable).

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• 9/75 work pattern (optional).
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare.

If your skills and experience match this Security Operations Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

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Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space Sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology and engineering innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to tackle the growing problem of space debris, making space and our orbits safer for future generations.

They require a Risk & Governance Manager to join the Global IT and Security Team and help shape the policy and compliance landscape by updating existing policy, creating new policy and implementing the change necessary to gain (and subsequently maintain) ISO27001 (and other similar certifications).

The role will be critical in enhancing Risk Management and the successful applicant will be responsible for the maintenance, communication, ongoing review and improvement of Risk Registers and associated polices and processes.

Responsibilities for the Risk & Governance Manager:

• Implement and subsequently maintain a full ISO27001 ISMS.
• Own all security policy and ensure that it is complete, coherent and well communicated and understood across the business.
• Own and enhance the risk management policy and risk register, enhancing the risk management process and communication and understanding of risk.
• Work with colleagues in other geographies to understand their regulatory requirements and seek to rationalise, harmonise and reduce global compliance efforts.
• Interface with the local business to ensure compatibility with local policies, ISO 9001 and other UK-focussed initiatives.

Experience required by the Risk & Governance Manager:

• Experience implementing or auditing ISO27001 (2022).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information in simple terms. Must be an engaging speaker with the ability to capture the attention of a wide variety of stakeholders and staff across the business.
• Excellent written communication skills with extensive experience creating and maintaining policy and other documentation.
• Experience in risk management, and the ongoing risk management process.
• Experience in vulnerability management (desirable).
• Experience with DLP technologies, ideally Microsoft Purview (desirable).
• Experience in managing security incidents (desirable).

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• 9/75 work pattern (optional).
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare.

If your skills and experience match this Risk Management & Governance Manager opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

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Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space Sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology and engineering innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to tackle the growing problem of space debris, making space and our orbits safer for future generations.

They require a Requirements Manager / Solution Architect with Space Engineering Domain knowledge to join the Software team, and be responsible for supporting the development and verification of the Satellite Reference Database (SRDB) for future missions.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with extensive experience in Space Software looking to take the next step in their career. From a technical perspective, this role will focus on agreeing the requirements for the SRDB with stakeholders and defining the architecture of the SRDB application, ensuring the requirements are being met.

This role will help the team make a difference every day, by ensuring the software team is well placed to drive missions forward and help to make space safer and more sustainable for future generations.
 

Responsibilities for the Requirements Manager / Solution Architect:

• Provide support and guidance to software technical development of the complete flight software for future missions.
• Fully understand the software development processes, and where necessary lead the creation of new processes.
• Awareness of industry standards and processes associated with flight software development.
• Mentor, provide guidance to and review work from other flight software engineers.

Essential Experience required by the Requirements Manager / Solution Architect:

• Bachelor, master’s degree or PhD in computer science, software engineering or relevant engineering / science discipline.
• 10+ years of commercial experience in software development preferably in the space or aerospace domains.
• Able to conceive/invent new software applications from a ‘blank sheet’.
• Experience in mentoring, reviewing and guiding other engineers.
• Experience of all stages of design lifecycle from initial concept to design, test, and operations.
• Experience of implementing software solutions on spacecraft missions.
• Experience of data analysis and database design.
• Knowledge of commonly used protocols and standards for spacecraft communications, such as CCSDS, CAN and Spacewire.

 
Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• 9/75 work pattern (optional)
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare.

If your skills and experience match this Requirements Manager / Solution Architect opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

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Are you enthusiastic about pushing the boundaries of space technology and ready to contribute to a mission with global impact?

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space and Satellite sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to tackle the growing problem of orbital space debris.

They are seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to join their team of Computer Vision specialists in addressing mission-critical challenges that depend on a highly advanced Computer Vision subsystem. This technology is essential for enabling spacecraft to execute complex tasks like rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking with uncontrolled, often unpredictable objects.

As part of the global team, the successful Senior Computer Vision Engineer will oversee all aspects of the Computer Vision subsystem, including algorithms, simulations, and hardware. Your responsibilities will include designing and prototyping Computer Vision algorithms for their missions and supporting validation and testing efforts.

Key Responsibilities for the Senior Computer Vision Engineer:

• Design and develop novel computer vision algorithms for space object detection and tracking, and 6 Degrees of Freedom pose estimation for space applications.
• Support CV hardware procurement for missions.
• Contribute to CV verification & validation planning and execution.
• Support the CV subsystem test activities including hardware-in-the-loop.
• Support the integration and testing of CV software implementation.
• Support the CV hardware procurement activities working collaboratively with vendors and supplier chain management engineers.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines (Systems, Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC), Flight Dynamics, etc.) in the planning, design and development of missions/systems to ensure software and hardware performance and compatibility.

 
Key Skills and Experience for the Senior Computer Vision Engineer:
Essential –

• Degree level knowledge of an engineering, scientific or mathematical discipline, or equivalent science based/engineering experience.
• Experience in mixing image data from different sources; real and synthetic.
• Firsthand experience designing and developing CV Solutions
• Experience with some, or all, of –
• Industrial Experience with Computer Vision Applications
• Detection, Tracking and Classification methods.
• Programming languages such as Python, C/C++
• Version Control systems (Git)

Desirable –

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or relevant field
• Experience in space applications.
• Experience with Lidar-based CV application.
• Experience with ML and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch.

 
Company Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• Flexible working around core hours, and 9 day working fortnight (optional).
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare.
• Relocation allowance.
• Visa sponsorship for employees considered.
• State of the art office, and cleanroom facility.

 
If your skills and experience match this exciting Senior Computer Vision Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

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Holt Executive are partnered with an innovative IT solutions company that develops spacecraft software and IT systems and provides Earth observation service.

They require a Systems Engineer to outline the technical specifications of the ground control system, ensuring it meets the specific needs of the space mission.

Key Responsibilities for the Systems Engineer:

• Define ground segment specifications and analyse interfaces including flight elements.
• Participate in the ground segment definition and design.
• Define integration and validation plans at a system level.
• Drive trade-off analysis and propose technical choices.
• Collaborate with our customers to find the perfect solutions for their needs.
• Interact with space agencies, customers, and sub-contractors in exciting space projects.
• Iterate with the software development team.

Key Skills and Experience for the Systems Engineer:

• Master’s degree in one of the following fields: Aerospace Engineering, computer science, Physics Engineering, or related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in system and/or software engineering in a similar technical environment. A few years of experience in project management is also an advantage.
• A solid knowledge of technical English.
• An interest in the space sector.
• Knowledge and experience with a number of the ground segment applicable IT programming languages or technologies such as Python, Java, Micro-services architecture, Cloud technology.
• An experience in space mission ground systems is a real asset.

Benefits: Permanent employees 

• Competitive Salary
• Company Car (Private & Professional use)
• Car fuel card (Private & Professional use)
• Health Insurance
• Meal vouchers
• Pension 

 
If your skills and experience match this Systems Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

Holt Executive are partnered with a global aerospace technology innovator, who provide advanced defence and commercial technologies to aerospace, aviation, land and sea, delivering solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs.

From their site in Brighton, the company specialise in high performance electro-mechanical systems and pneumatic technology for use in aerospace and aviation.

They require a Senior Safety Engineer – Aerospace to join the Mission Avionics team. The appointee will lead the delivery of system safety related activities, engaging, coordinating and delivering against the needs of the business projects, ensuring that strategic and legislative requirements are fulfilled.

Responsibilities for the Senior Safety Engineer – Aerospace:

• Preparation of Safety Management Plans.
• Support System Engineering in development of product specification for safety.
• Contribute to and provide evidence to support product Certificate of Design release.
• Support to ongoing airworthiness and safe-life assessment for in service products.
• Compile Safety, Assessments and Cases and ALARP statements.
• Conduct and Compile Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses, Compile Functional Failure Analyses & Fault Tree Analyses and Conduct System Safety Hazard Analysis.
• Maintain a Hazard Log.
• Provide advice and recommendations to Airworthiness and Design Signatories.
• Chair Safety & Hazard Review Boards.

Experience and Skills Required by the Senior Safety Engineer – Aerospace:

• Degree qualified in Engineering or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 7+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Familiar with UK safety legislation.
• Understanding of Reliability and Maintainability Analyses.
• Requirements Management, Verification Planning & Certification.
• Use of IBM Doors.
• Manage ILS (Integrated Logistics Support) / IPS (Integrated Product Support) solutions for:
  • Product support management
  • Design interface
  • Maintenance planning and management
  • Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHS&T)
  • Support Equipment
  • Technical Publications.

Company Benefits:

• 38 hour working week with flexible working, and half day finish every Friday.
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service, and buy/sell options.
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover.
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection.
• Flexible opt-in extras such as health care, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle-to-work scheme.
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support.

If your skills and experience match this Senior Safety Engineer – Aerospace opportunity, we encourage you to apply by sending your CV now!