Space structure life cycle designer
The profession appears before 2020
Specialist in designing space structures (stations, satellites, etc.) based on reconstruction and disposal needs. Demand for the profession will arise in the coming years, in connection with more intensive exploitation of near-Earth space and resumption of plans to colonize the Moon and Mars.
Trends
Professional skills and abilities
Systems thinking (ability to define and work with complex systems, including system engineering).
Cross-industry communication skills (understanding of technologies, processes, and market conditions in different related and unrelated sectors).
Ability to manage projects and processes.
Lean manufacturing, production process management based on permanent focus on removing all types of waste, which implies involving every employee in the business optimization process along with maximum client focus.
Multilingual and multicultural abilities (fluent English and knowledge of a second foreign language, understanding of the national and cultural context of partner countries, and understanding of job specifics in foreign industries).
Programming IT solutions / Managing complex automated systems / Dealing with artificial intelligence.
Environmentally conscious thinking