Control Command Hardware Engineer – EGSE & Industrial Automation

🚀MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2027.

🚀 Control Command Hardware Engineer – EGSE & Industrial Automation Within the Avionics Group, the Control Command EGSE team develops and operates industrial Control Command systems used for launcher integration, validation and launch operations. The position focuses on the specification, integration, validation and operation of industrial automation and hardware architectures for Control Command and Electrical Ground Support Equiment (EGSE) systems.

Main activities include: Design and integration of Control Command hardware architectures, electrical cabinets and industrial networks. Integration of Siemens PLC environments, Remote I/O systems and industrial field equipment. Development and validation of redundant and safety-related PLC architectures involving SIL-oriented systems. Definition of electrical schematics, wiring plans and hardware interfaces.

Integration of industrial communication protocols and field buses such as OPC UA, Profinet, Profisafe and Modbus. Hardware integration, commissioning, addressing tests, electrical validation and troubleshooting activities. Calibration, metrology and validation of sensors, actuators and command organs. Power budget and electrical consumption assessments. Design activities considering environmental and operational constraints such as thermal, vibration, humidity and ATEX environments.

Integration and validation activities on HWIL, Iron Bird and launch facilities.