Space and Aerospace Engineering Services

Systems engineering, embedded software, electronics, mechanical and thermal design, verification and industrialisation. ACE engineers join your team or deliver complete work packages, from requirements to qualification.

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Systems engineering

Software, electronics, mechanics and test must operate as one system, with every requirement traced to its verification.

• Requirements management
• System architecture
• Interface management and ICDs
• Verification and validation planning (IVVQ)
• Qualification and system integration
• Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

Verification, test and qualification

Test and qualification campaigns frequently determine the critical path of satellite and launcher programmes.

• Test specifications and procedures
• HIL and SIL environments
• Environmental test support
• EMI/EMC verification
• Qualification and acceptance testing
• Test automation and end-of-line test systems

Embedded software and electronics

Every space platform depends on embedded software and electronics that must perform reliably throughout the mission.

• Embedded and real-time software
• Firmware
• Electronics and hardware design
• Sensor solutions for harsh environments
• Hardware/software integration
• Safety-critical software

Mechanical, thermal and precision engineering

Space hardware must withstand launch loads, vacuum and thermal cycling while maintaining tight tolerances.

• Structural design for vibration and shock
• Thermal control systems
• Flow and temperature systems
• Precision and opto-mechanical design
• GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
• Mechanisms and custom tooling

Industrialisation

A qualified prototype must become a product that can be built in series, at target cost and with repeatable quality.

• Design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM/DFA)
• Production and process engineering
• Cost-reduction engineering
• Assembly tooling
• Automated and end-of-line testing

Cybersecurity and functional safety

Connected space and defence systems require security and safety to be engineered in from the first design phase.

• Secure development processes
• Cybersecurity engineering and risk assessment
• Functional safety and hazard analysis
• FMEA and dependability analysis
• Mission assurance support

From semiconductor equipment to space hardware

ACE engineers develop precision systems for the high-tech and semiconductor equipment industry. Cleanliness, alignment accuracy and documentation discipline are as critical there as in spacecraft assembly, integration and testing (AIT).

Precision mechanical design in Siemens NX

GD&T and tolerance analysis to ASME Y14.5 and ISO GPS

Mechatronic assemblies

Cleanroom design and assembly practices to ISO 14644

DFM/DFA and controlled technical documentation

Resource extension

ACE proposes an engineer with the required profile for your validation. The engineer works within your team, processes and tools.

Dedicated project teams

A multidisciplinary ACE team for a defined programme phase, such as integration or a qualification campaign.

Co-development

Your engineers and ACE engineers develop a product or subsystem together, combining your domain knowledge with ACE’s engineering capacity.

Engineering work packages

ACE takes ownership of a defined scope, such as a subsystem design or a V&V campaign, and delivers everything the scope requires.