Satellite Operations Engineer

Location of work:

Darmstadt, Germany

Customer:

European Space Operations Centre (ESOC / ESA)

Job Type:

Full Time

Due date for application:

End of Q1 2025

Experience:

In addition to having a University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, the Key person shall have experience in the following mandatory skills;
Experience of Spacecraft Operations ideally within one of the following missions: Earth Observation, Astronomy and/or Interplanetary.
Responsibility for one or more platform subsystems or instruments during operational validation, commissioning or routine operations phases;
Experience of SCOS2000 mission control system and use of the MOIS operations preparation tool
Experience in satellite performance monitoring and reporting aspects including anomaly analysis and solving in liaison with satellite industry, procedure change control and configuration management processes;
Experience in the operation or development of satellite ground segment facilities, in particular procedure development, monitor and control, mission planning, on-board software management, performance analysis, configuration management and simulator facilities.
All SOE team members shall be able to conduct all operations in an orderly and disciplined manner and shall work calmly and correctly under stress.

Advantageous

Furthermore, it would be a distinct advantage for the Key person to have experience with some of the following:
Specification of space system and operational concepts, facility requirements;
Familiarity with On-Board Control Procedure and On-Board Position Scheduler concepts;
Familiarity with the ECSS Packet Utilization Standard, customization and usage;
Familiarity with system change control and configuration management procedures;
Data analysis software packages such as Python and/or MATLAB;
Fluency in English is mandatory; this is the working language at ESOC, and the Contractors must be able to work effectively in this language both in written and spoken form.
Are you up to the challenge of a new opportunity to evolve your career? Send your CV in Europass format to: yara.mina@exostaff.de