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GEO Spacecraft Operations Engineer

2015-04-02 18:05:18| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

One of our space clients in the UK is looking for an engineer to support development activities for their GEO platform product, focussing on aspects of system design pertaining to spacecraft operations. Support the delivery of GEO mission through to LEOP, inorbit commissioning, and handover to the customer. Key Tasks Work under the clients Spacecraft Operations Team to lead spacecraft operations developmental work for the companys GEO mission concept. Provide input and concept steer to system definition activities from a spacecraft operations perspective. Develop a GEO spacecraft operations CONOPS. Define strategies, procedures and processes for handling GEO operations for the concept, including but not limited to LEOP and Commissioning campaigns, ground station network interfaces, operations centre infrastructure requirements and redundancy, spacecraft ranging strategies, flight dynamics including orbital manoeuvres for station acquisition and conjunction assessment response, frequency coordination. Prepare the ground segment for supporting GEO spacecraft operations during LEOP and commissioning. Develop Flight Operations Handbook and Flight Operations Procedures. Develop planning and procedures for LEOP, Commissioning and IOT campaigns. Coordinate internal client operator and external customer operator training covering the GEO mission and associated Mission Control System elements. Perform procedure verification through test and suitable rehearsal activities in preparation for LEOP. Support coordination of activities during the LEOP, Commissioning and IOT campaigns, including platform checkout, acquisition of station, payload IOT and operational handover to the customer. Support the client Spacecraft Operations Team on new and existing LEO MEO missions as required Support client LEOMEO mission projects, providing operations support to existing operational spacecraft and current mission projects. Defining, documenting, and testing operational procedures Planning and managing spacecraft commissioning campaigns Support to customer engineer training activities. Routine monitoring of, and interaction with, client Spacecraft Support anomaly investigation activities. Analysis of historical trend data for spacecraft health monitoring Support to operations oncall activities. Qualifications Degree in Space Engineering, or similar. Experience Previous experience of spacecraft operations. Excellent working knowledge of GEO spacecraft operations and system development.

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