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Ground Segment System Engineer
2016-06-28 16:06:26| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
One of our Space clients based in Germany are seeking a Ground Segment System Engineer to provide support to operations of existing satellite systems and to the development of new programmes. Within the System Engineering and Projects Division SEP of the Technical and Scientific Support Department TSS, the post holder will be located within the Ground Segment System Engineering Competence Area, supporting the System Engineering activities of the ground segment for existing and future missions in the Copernicus programme. This includes system engineering for major evolutions of the operational ground segment, the maintenance of related system level architectural design documents and Interface Control Documents as well as supporting ground segment Integration, Verification Validation IVV activities at the level of test plan definition, test specification and test coordination. Tasks and Responsibilities Within the System Engineering and Project Division SEP of the Technical and Scientific Support Department TSS, the Ground Segment System Engineer will work in the Ground Segment System Engineering team GSSE, supporting the requirement management, design, development and implementation of the ground segments of the Copernicus missions, having a particular emphasis on the continuity of operations and the control of changes and evolutions of the systems. The initial focus of the activities of the Ground Segment System Engineer will be the development of capabilities to reach full engineering professionalism in the area of system engineering of operational ground segments. Once the basic skills and capabilities of the consultant have been developed and exercised, the Ground Segment System Engineer shall support the Sentinel3 Operations with respect to the S3 Ground Segment maintenance and necessary evolutions. The Key Persons duties will include a range of tasks, including among others Participate in the system engineering processes for managing requirements through the lifecycle of ground segments, using formal methods and tools e.g. DOORS for maintenance, traceability, verification and validation of requirements. Support the technical analysis of the architecture and specifications of major upgrades of ground segments, in order to ensure coherence and compatibility with other ongoing developments and identify impacts on baseline technical documentation. Contribute to maintaining the reference architecture of the overall ground segment through the assessment of relevant technologies and design options, based on a Model Based Engineering approach. Support the definition of the Integration Verification Validation IVV approach and the related tests for evolutions of existing systems and installation of new systems. Support the maintenance of a complete and consistent set of system level documentation and drawings. Preparing and providing support to the day to day operation and maintenance of the Copernicus S3 ground segment, including the handling of the anomalies raised during the operation of the system and control of changes. In support to operations, the Key Person may also be required to provide on call support as part of a team of maintenance engineers. Qualifications The key person shall have a university degree or equivalent in system engineering or other relevant discipline. Skills and experience The consultant should have a minimum of three years experience in the following fields System Engineering for the development, or major upgrades, of Ground Segments for Earth Observation missions, or their main components. Software development lifecycles, system testing for Earth Observation systems and knowledge of the Ground System Engineering processes and standards i.e. ECSS. Good English skills are essential. The following technical skills will be valued, although they are not considered as mandatory Experience in the support to the operations and maintenance of Ground Segments, or main components of them. Definition, management and traceability of requirements structure with the support of dedicated tools e.g. DOORS. Background in data processing or control systems engineering, remote sensing technology or digital signalimagery data processing. Initial experience in testing, integrating, verifying andor validating data processing ground systems or equivalent, ideally in a highavailability 247 operational context.
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