AIT (Assembly, Integration & Test) Technician Coimbra

AIT (Assembly, Integration & Test) Technician

Working for Open Cosmos

Aim high, go beyond! At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before.

Working in the AIT Team

The AIT team is at the heart of turning ideas into real,
- ready satellites. They’re the workshop where Open Cosmos missions come to life — taking designs from paper to physical hardware.

From assembling delicate electronic boards to fitting structural panels, wiring harnesses, and payloads, AIT ensures everything fits and functions flawlessly. They run rigorous testing — vibration, thermal vacuum, functional, and performance checks — to make sure each satellite can survive the extreme conditions of launch and space.

It’s
- on,
- paced, and
- critical - it doesn’t get much cooler than this!

Responsibilities

• Build satellites as part of an AIT Technician role, and integrate the satellites into the launcher for space missions.
• Manufacture subsystems and harnesses that will be integrated into the satellites.
• Support prototyping and modifications of electronics boards and harnesses during the AIT campaign.
• Travel to other locations to support workload punctually as required.
• Support quality and stock management, and maintain clear and appropriate documentation.
• Collaborate with colleagues from R&D and AIT departments throughout all stages.

What you need to be successful

• Strong knowledge of soldering and the ability to perform it to high standards.
• Experience creating harnesses, performing crimping, and routing harnesses into complex assemblies.
• Understanding of clean room environment requirements and applying them in work.
• Proactive and curious approach, always looking for more effective ways of doing things.
• Familiarity with ECSS and IPC standards for harness and electronics inspection and manufacturing.

About Open Cosmos

Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving customer problems with insights from space. Whether this is monitoring agricultural yields, assessing the damage of oil spills or providing navigation solutions, we believe that data from satellites is the most effective and sustainable way of achieving this.