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Galileo AOCS Engineer
2015-02-13 15:03:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Galileo AOCS Engineer Telespazio VEGA Deutschland has been supporting the European Space Industry for over 30 years, including ESA, DLR, EUMETSAT and CNES. This is an opportunity for an experienced Engineer to work in the domain of satellite operations operations preparations in our premises in Darmstadt Germany. This is a unlimited position fully on customer side in ESOCDarmstadt which requires occasional travel within Europe. Starting date is May 2015 and submission deadline for applicants will be 26th of February 2015. RESPONSIBILITIESDUTIES The Engineer will report to the ESOC Galileo Spacecraft Operations Manager. The Galileo LEOP operations preparation and execution will be carried out by a Flight Control Team comprising CNES and ESOC engineers. The plan is for LEOPs to take place either at ESOC Darmstadt or CNES Toulouse, with the complete team involved in each LEOP preparation and partial team taking part in the LEOP at each site. The working language across the team is English. The service provider will support and closely cooperate with the SOM during the prelaunch operations preparation, ops products validation and the LEOP execution phases of Galileo IOC missions. The responsibilities of the AOCS SOE include in particular AOCS engineering Close interaction and working with the other Galileo LEOP SOEs, based at ESOC and CNES Review of documentation produced by the Galileo spacecraft manufacturer SSEG Review of the procedures created by SSEG Review of the procedures created by OPS Development of LEOP specific nominal and contingency recovery operating procedures using the MOIS tools Providing specialist subsystem advice on the development and content of the Operational Database Development of tools to manage the Data Handling and TTC subsystems during LEOP in particular ANDs, GRDs, mimics and offline tools Validation of procedures using the Galileo Constellation Simulator CSIM and the Galileo LEOP specific SCOS2000 based control system LSCCF Preparation for and participation in the SCTCs SVTs. This will also involve the preparation of SCTC specific procedures and the writing of SCTC reports Identification, recording, investigation and progression of spacecraft and groundbased anomalies during the SCTCs, simulations campaign and LEOP Preparation for and participation in the simulations campaign Assistance to the simulations officer to provided specialist subsystem knowledge for the simulations campaign. Participation in the LEOP. This will involve shiftworking to provide 24 hour support to the spacecraft Support Handover and postLEOP activities, including contribution to the LEOP report. QUALIFICATIONSEXPERIENCE University or similar degree in aerospace, electronics or physics Minimum of 2 years experiences with operational aspects of satellites. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Spacecraft subsystem knowledge, in particular good knowledge of Platform and AOCS subsystems Good operational experience Experience with prelaunch activities and launch campaigns Experience with MOIS tools Ground Segment knowledge at system level Familiarity with SCOS2000 mission control system Familiarity with operational simulators Fluency in English, both in speech and writing Team player, ability to coordinate and interact with other service providers in operations and other fields Selfstarter, able to work independently with little or no supervision. DESIRABLE SKILLS Security Clearance Familiarity with the ESOC environment Experience with ground systems testing Experience dealing with external interfaces Familiarity with PC based MS tools The ability to multitask efficiently working on multiple activities, multiple subsystems BENEFITS Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate.
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