A systems engineer is responsible for devising and integrating complete space instrumentation systems, including sensors, measurement and testing equipment, which can vary enormously depending on the objectives of a mission and the functions of a satellite. This professional is responsible for the technical development of a product and ensures that products match the initial design brief. In order to perform this task, in line with the functions and performance laid out by the client, it is vital to ensure that the interaction between the equipment's various subsystems and the whole is effective, technically speaking.

• Create the conceptual design of the system: break it down into different subsystems and assign the various functions these must carry out.
• Identify and define the interfaces that must be established between the different subsystems that comprise the set.
• Define the back-up and recovery systems, which are very important in the system's design and are activated in the event that the main system shuts down. The first begins operating immediately, replacing the main system, while the second activates the main system when it is operational again.
• Manage the regulations that will govern the system's design and construction.
• Verify the design tests and check that the final result operates correctly.
• Taking into account the client's specifications, approve the system's design before presenting it. For this task, analyse the client's specifications. This professional is the project's technical manager. Therefore, each of the members of the work team will submit their designs for his/her approval.
• Advise the production departments on the construction of the system. In order to ensure that the design meets the client's expectations, the systems engineer must maintain frequent and direct communication with the project director.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Enginyeria de xarxes de telecomunicació
• Grau: Enginyeria electrònica de telecomunicació
• Grau: Tecnologies de telecomunicació
• Grau: Enginyeria de sistemes de telecomunicació
• Grau: Enginyeria de sistemes i serveis de telecomunicacions
• Grau: Enginyeria en tecnologies industrials
• Grau: Física
• Grau: Enginyeria física

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Analytical thought: Level 3

Orientation within reach: Level 3

Concern for order and quality: Level 3

Communication: Level 2

People management: Level 3

Conceptual thought: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Leadership: Level 1

Technician

People who show an interest in the technical field find fulfilment in carrying out activities related to the design and manufacture of objects, machines, vehicles and/or infrastructures. These activities require the application of scientific and technical knowledge (laws of physics, calculations and mathematical formulas, properties of the materials, etc). Creativity is also necessary when coming up with optimal solutions for the functional requirements of the products to be designed. Therefore, the pragmatic application of scientific knowledge in order to develop solutions for the benefit of human beings is the main function of occupations in the technical field.

Avionics development engineer

Common infrastructure engineer

Radio frequency and microwave engineer

Data Handling Engineer

Satellite assembly technician

• Work hours

  Full 8-hour working day.

• Salary

  From 25.426 to 35.921 euros a year gross, depending on experience. Median: 30.221 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Professional category

  Technician