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Ground Operations Engineer
2015-03-27 10:07:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Ground Operations Engineer Responsibilities Duties Tasks Ground Operations Engineers are responsible for providing the ops engineering required for their missions during preparation and execution phase. During the routine phase they are the first level of escalation above ECC and Scheduling Office. Their typical counterparts on the side of ESA missions are Analysts and Spacecraft Operations Engineers, for external missions their interface is to the customers. The GOE tasks are defined below. The core tasks of a Ground Operations Engineering service are as follows Participate in the mission specific design of the ground segment elements. Participate in the mission specific validation of ground segment elements prior to critical operations. Participate as OM in the critical operations phases for that mission. Participate in the definition of mission specific ground station configuration in the ops preparation phase and after major modifications. Participate in the validation of station configuration and MC tailoring for remote operations. Monitor performance of ESTRACK services provided to customers and trigger corrective actions in case of degradations. Initiate or conduct investigations into anomalies affecting the Ground service to the mission. Participate in regular meeting with missions e.g. WORM, ICM or event driven meetings e.g. MRBs. The service comprises in particular the following tasks GOE for the setup and validation of the Earth Observation missions, including OM LEOP support and other critical operations phases support GOE for the setup and validation of the Astronomy and Fundamental Physics Missions, including OM LEOP support and other critical operations phases support GOE for the setup and validation of the Solar and Planetary Missions, including OM LEOP support and other critical operations phases support OM team member for other missions as required. The technical and operational validation process includes the clear definition of the test environment, the objectives and the approach, including the detailed testsetup and procedures, execution of the validation tests and providing the test report. It also includes reporting of nonconformances and follow up on these including verification of closure of these nonconformances. The key personnel shall be located at ESOC. Work outside normal working hours and missions might be required. The key personnel will interface to the ON staff and other units within ESOC. Qualifications Bachelor of Science as a minimum Required knowledge Good ground segment knowledge at system level Extensive operational experience Ability to understand and accurately predict behaviour of complex systems Fluency in English, both writing and speaking Selfstarter, able to work independently with little or no supervision Proactive and confident personality with persuasive skills Teamplayer, able to interface with technical and management personnel Wellorganised, able to prioritise and manage several tasks in parallel European citizen Desirable Knowledge Familiarity with the ESOC working environment, including both, QMS and ISMS Security Clearance Knowledge of space segment operations WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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