ECTS
180 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
IUT Nîmes
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Objectives
Become an assembly, integration and test (AIT) technician in the space industry.
Know-how and skills
- Work in the scientific and environmental context of the space industry,
- Assemble and integrate space systems,
- Conduct a test program and formalize the results,
- Apply and improve product assurance within the normative framework of the space industry,
- Managing an industrial space project.
Program
The theoretical part of the course runs from September to March at the IUT in Nîmes, in conjunction with the Centre Spatial Universitaire of the University of Montpellier.
450 hours divided into 7 teaching units.
TEACHING UNITS
Training is organized into teaching units (TU).
- UE1 - COMMON SPACE SKILLS BASE
- UE2 - ASSEMBLY AND INTEGRATION
- UE3 - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING
- UE4 - FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF SYSTEMS AND MISSIONS
- UE5 - COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH - COMMUNICATION
- UE6 - SPATIAL TOOLS
- UE7 - TUTORED PROJECT
- UE8 - INTERNSHIP
Skills acquisition is verified by continuous assessment.
Admission
Target audience
This course is designed for students with 2 years of higher education:
- DUT Mesures physique, GEII, SGM, GMP,
- L2 science in general
- BTS Electronic System,
- BTS Technique Physiques pour l'industrie et le laboratoire,
- BTS Industrial Control and Automatic Regulation,
- BTS Technical Engineering Assistant
Recommended prerequisites
The English language plays a significant role in the training program, thanks to constant interaction with internationally active players in the AIT for space field.
Some parts of the course may be taught in English.
And then
Professional integration
On completion of the course, the senior technician will have mastered the integration assembly and testing procedures (functional and environmental) used in the space industry.
He or she will join a project team working on the assembly or qualification of a satellite, launcher or ground segment, within a major group, an equipment supplier or a space agency.
He will be able to work as :
➔ quality control technician,
➔ test lab technician,
➔ test lab technician,
➔ clean room integration technician.