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Space Flight Dynamics Engineer Sentinel3 mw
2015-01-08 18:06:48| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems and applications. This is an opportunity for a motivated and experienced engineer to work for our EUMETSAT customer within a new and interesting space mission. Sentinel3 is a Low Earth Orbiting mission in the context of the Copernicus Services set up by the European Commission. The first satellite, Sentinel3A, is expected to launch mid2015 with the second satellite Sentinel3B operating in tandem and due for launch 18 months later. EUMETSATs monitors and controls Sentinel 3 satellites and generates near realtime and offline products to support the marine user community. PROFILE In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the engineer shall have the following background Demonstrated thorough understanding of space flight dynamics concepts and techniques, with special emphasis on Low Earth Orbit LEO regimes At least 5 years experience of flight dynamics system development or operations based on NAPEOS or derived software At least 3 years of general programmingsoftware development F90, TCLITK and, as desirable, Matlab and Java Ability to understand and synthesise complex issues and to express ideas and issues clearly. The Engineer shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly under stress and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. The official languages of EUMETSA T are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the engineer must be able to work effectively in this language, together with good communication skills. TASKS EXPERIENCE The Flight Dynamics Engineer FDE shall perform the tasks related to flight dynamics operations, primarily involving the determination and maintenance of the satellites orbit and generation of products for the Payload Data Ground Segment PDGS and Flight Operations Segment FOS. The Copernicus Sentinel3 Flight Dynamics Facility S3FDF is based on NAPEOS product, already in use by EUMETSA T EPS mission. The FDE performs or contributes to the maintenance, update, validation and documentation of the S3FDF operational implementation and application software in all mission phases. The main tasks will include Support to the ground segment operational preparation activities in the area of Flight Dynamics as required prior to launch of Sentinel3 satellites, including Flight Dynamics database preparation, definition of operational procedures, generation of related operational configuration data and participation to operational validation of satellite and groundsegment operations Support Flight Dynamics activities during launch and commissioning, as required for the Sentinel3 satellites, including startup of Flight Dynamics system and initialisation of Flight Dynamics operational data, assessment of handover conditions, inflight validation of Flight Dynamics performances and transition to routine operations Review of Sentinel3 spacecraft and groundsegment technical documentation and participation and transition to routine operations, perform required mission and system studies, preparing technical notes and attending to technical meetings as requested Preparation and maintenance of Flight Dynamics operational configuration and procedures for spacecraft routine, contingency and special operations Routine Flight Dynamics operations including spacecraft orbit determination and prediction, events computation and generation of related orbit products or predictions, Attitude and Orbit Control System AOCS telecommand parameter generation and telemetry monitoring as necessary Planning and execution of spacecraft manoeuvres, as well as their evaluation, thrusters calibration and maintenance of fuel budget estimates Planning and related implementation of collision avoidance manoeuvres as well as support to contingency operations, including recovery of routine operations, satellite safe mode support and operation transfer to the BackUp Control Centre these activities may require intervention during the night and the nonworking days Performance analysis of the Flight Dynamics operations, with special focus on the areas impacting end user services or product performances, and implementation of corrective actions as necessary Preparation and production of related routine reports as necessary How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to marina.ludwigcssystems.de with CC to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 31. January 2015
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