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Earth Observation Preparatory System Engineer
2021-09-21 15:13:23| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Deadline for application 31st October 2021 With 2,100 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS Group solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. This position is supporting our client ESA at their ESTEC location in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. In this large European agency, you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities with the opportunity to gain exposure to various projects and missions at the heart of European space research and development. If you are successful in this position you are guaranteed a very competitive salary, a permanent Dutch contract, Industry leading base salary, full healthcare, pension contribution, 30 days vacation, annual training budget, access to the ESTEC social club membership and a relocation package if required. Responsibilities We are looking for a System Engineer to work on preparatory studies for new Earth Science and Earth Application missions, implemented with both external and internal activities. This position of preparing all ESA EO missions until start of implementation, has 3 main areas of responsibility 1 Earth Observation Preparatory Activities, EOPA establish scientific objectives, including scientific studies. derivation of mission and system requirements instrument, satellite system and mission feasibility or concept studies initiation, harmonised with other programmes, of critical technology developments . identification of cooperation possibilities and related preparatory studies architecture and concept studies for new missions and endtoend systems supporting scientific and campaign activities . 2. Earth Watch Definition, EWD all aspects of preparation of Earth Watch type programmes studies involving Partners institutions, Member States, and industry, prepared to contribute to the mission EW type missions, rely upon partners EC, EUMETSAT, industry, established user communities or their representatives for their definition 3. Instrument PreDevelopment, IPD design and manufacturing of early breadboard or downscaled version, representative of technologies, assembly and verification of full instrument. This position also includes the coordination of EO technology preparation activities performed within the whole of ESA throughout the definition and execution of specific technology research and development, supporting the identification of the technology requirements for future Earth observations missions and more specifically to missions under preparation through, e.g. participation to reviews, assessment of industrial results, evaluation of proposals in reply to calls Specific tasks include Development of future mission including implementation on performance simulators and verification and validation of the feasibility of the mission up to level2. Supporting the division in the area of EndtoEnd Simulation and System Engineering Tools for the preparation of future Earth Observation missions. Definition and development of the EndtoEnd Mission Performance Simulators. Install and use those E2E simulators on the EOPSF IT infrastructure for performance evaluation and system tradeoffs. Ensure the consistent evolution and maintenance of the E2E simulators and proper configuration and storage of the relevant inputoutput data sets. Supporting the development of generic building blocks and modules, and aim at maximum synergy and reuse of those building blocks and modules from one E2E simulator to the next making use of ESA OpenSF infrastructure. Participating to the development of System Engineering Tools for preliminary analysis and sizing of future EO missions Initiating and supporting work in the area of modeling of system or subsystem aspects. Preparing requirements, reviewing, evaluating and checking different architectures, designs and proposals, but also identifying deficiencies and problem areas and giving some assistance in their resolution. Getting a broad view on commercially available recurrent Earth Observation platforms, checking performance and addressing interfaces with possible payloads. Initiating requirement analysis and tradeoff, performance and budget analysis with their apportionment and requirement traceability. Exposing designs to Earth Observation scientific community having frequent iteration with scientific group through bimonthly Mission Advisory Groupmeeting, simulation support activities on Level 2 processor, ESA scientific studies reviews, etc... Profile You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience Education in Engineering or equivalent with at least 4 years of relevant experience in the space industry, Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is an advantage. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and customer focus Ability to work autonomously, effectively and cooperatively in a diverse and international team environment. The recruitment process will consist of an initial telephone discussion andor a video call followed by presentation of your candidature to ESA. If selected for interview by ESA, a face to face or virtual technical assessment will be conducted by responsible staff. Starting date should be within 2 months of successful recruitment. Moltek is a subsidiary of CS Group SA SXFPEN Paris. and as such, provides career growth, training and inclusion not just in the context of roles at the ESA but also amongst the wider company as a whole.
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