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Spacecraft Operations Engineer XMMINTEGRAL
2013-02-11 12:37:54| 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 and Malaysia. 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 Responsibilities Duties Tasks In the Astronomy and Fundamental Physics Missions Division, the successful candidate will be assigned initially to the XMMNewtonINTEGRAL Flight Control Team FCT to provide payload and AOCS operations support and as well as studies of the potential for automation of some operations. Experience expertise in payload and SVM operations as well as ground operations systems is highly desirable. The XMM and INTEGRAL FCTs are partially merged, so that in addition to their prime responsibilities members of each FCT provide backup and oncall services for both missions. The XMM Mission The XMMNewton mission is a cornerstone ESA Science mission. As an observatory type mission it provides observations of Xray objects like black holes, neutron stars or active galactic nuclei. XMM was launched in December 1999 and is planned to be operated at least until 2012. Data are downlinked continuously via a ground station network of ESA and external stations. More information on the XMM Mission, space and ground segment design can obtained using the link httpxmm.esa.int and on the division in general using httpwww.esa.intSPECIALSOperationsSEMASB8ZMRE0.html. The Integral Mission Integral is ESAs gamma ray Observatory, it is the first space observatory that can simultaneously observe objects in gamma rays, Xrays and visible light. Its principal targets are violent explosions producing gammaray bursts, powerful phenomena such as supernova explosions, and regions in the Universe thought to contain black holes. Integral was launched in 2002 and is currently planned to be operated until December 2014 with further extensions possible. Integral data is downlinked in real time to a network of ESA Ground stations, the Science data is forwarded in real time from ESOC to the Science data Centre in Geneva. The Integral and XMM FCTs are partially merged, so that in addition to their prime responsibilities members of each FCT provide backup and oncall services for both missions. More information on the Integral Mission, space and ground segment design can obtained using the link httpwww.esa.intSPECIALSIntegralindex.html and on the division in general using httpwww.esa.intSPECIALSOperationsSEMASB8ZMRE0.html. Services to be provided Assist the SOMs in the execution of the missions operations with a special responsibility for the Radio Frequency Subsystem of Integral and XMMNewton taking care of all routine operations and procedural updates for that subsystem Assist the SOM in the execution of the mission operations with backup responsibility for the Integral AOCS subsystem. Assist the SOM in the execution of the mission operations with backup responsibility for some Integral PLM instrumentss. Assist the SOMs to coordinate GS coverage for routine operations and special maintenance periods Assist the SOM in the analysis, implementation, testing and tailoring of mission control automation tools Act as internal Flight Control Team training coordinator for both Missions Assist the SOM in the review of the existing infrastructure and mission systems and define any upgrades required for the Mission Operations Centre for XMMNewton. Define, prepare and execute ground segment validation tests including acceptance tests, system validation tests and ground segment system tests for any Mission Operations Centre upgrades and support to ground operations automation development and validation. Prepare and execute spacecraft operations for nominal and contingency cases including contribution to the Flight Operations Plan, Operations Concept, Operations Reports in collaboration with the SOM Analyseand report on spacecraft and ground segment performance Provide on call support for XMMNewton and INTEGRAL Qualifications This service requires a person with University or similar degree in engineering or physics together with a good professional experience of several years in spacecraft andor operational applications. Required knowledge Provision of this FCT Spacecraft Operations Engineer service requires the following skills Essential Good spacecraft subsystem knowledge Applicable background in operations ground segment development. Be fluent in English, both in speech and writing. Teamplayer. Selfstarter, able to work independently with little or no supervision. Desirable Payload expertise and experience Science payload experience is an asset Spacecraft operational experience, ideally both pre and post launch Familiarity with ESOC ground segment elements, particularly SCOS2000 Mission Control Systems and Simulators. Experience with prelaunch activities and launch campaigns Familiarity with the Packet Utilisation Standard ECSS Familiarity with PC based MS tools Data analysis skills Additionally, support to the preparation or operations of other missions delegated to the Division may be required as requested by the Head of Division or Spacecraft Operations Manager 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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