Communication SCOE for a satellite payload, accepted in factory and on site

A SCOE for a satellite payload's communication chain, built in support of a third-party integrator answering to the prime contractor.

What distinguishes this entry is the test scope: IN SY TO followed AIT both at FAT — Factory Acceptance Test — and at OSAT — On-Site Acceptance Test, the repeat campaign after transport and installation.

These are two campaigns proving the same thing in two different places, and the second is where everything taken for granted in the first comes due: covering both is a qualification in itself, and not every supplier is present for the second.

Role

R2 — Subsystem or component responsible; R5 — Specialist support to AIT, at FAT and OSAT. Scale: cabinet. Customer: a third-party test systems integrator, for a European space prime contractor.

Work performed

• Support to system and subsystem hardware and software design
• System and subsystem software development
• Support to AIT activities at factory acceptance (FAT)
• Support to AIT activities at on-site acceptance (OSAT)