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Junior Technician, Ground Operations

2020-07-31 12:11:28| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY At SES we are passionate about taking our customers stories anywhere and we achieve this through our amazing colleagues. Wed love for you to become a valued member of our team of exceptional engineers who are working on diverse, challenging projects. As our Junior Technician, Ground Operations, you will act as the technical support to the Ground Operations section including the Station Support team. You will be responsible for Ensuring SES has sufficient operational spare equipment for its global operations located at key teleports Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico. Verifying data collection on equipment usage and availability is accurate Verifying the backup functionality is active and takes actions to achieve this PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES KEY RESULTS AREAS Respond to any ground system anomaly that causes a payload communications outage or disturbance. Ensure spare equipment is immediately available on a global scale. Support for LEOP missions as well as onstation support Support of upcoming mPower and Microsoft projects Respond to any ground system anomaly that causes a TTC outage or disturbance. Restore the service with the least possible delay Respond to any ground system anomaly that causes an Orbit Determination outage or disturbance. Restore the service with the least possible delay. Execute bench repairs or RMA process with vendors to recover failed equipment. Support Satellite and Communications operations Reconfigure the Betzdorf teleport in order to provide backhaul, signal processing and uplink services to customers Proactively maintain the BTZ and backup stations in an excellent state. Perform detailed station checks each day. Ensure all stakeholders follow the correct Authorization to Work process. Monitor lifecycle of equipment with focus on adequate equipment failure prediction Support external customers such as Amazon, EGNOS, LuxGovSat Contribute to the departments expenditure is kept to a minimum and as efficient as possible COMPETENCIES Knowledge of Earth Station systems, equipment and operations RF knowledge including RF signal routing and processing Waveguide, IF and RF switching, filtering and combining, linearisation etc., Amplification TWTAs, KPAs, SSPAs, Frequency conversion, Antennas drives, tracking etc. Knowledge of MPEGDVB encoding and multiplexing, FM and QPSK modulation considered an advantage Understanding of TTC and satellite operations Strong system diagnostic skills Strong team player Selfstarter and strong customer focus QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE Technician qualification Diploma or degree Experience with Dataminer considered an advantage OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS COMMENTS Willinginess to support out of office hours operations Ability to successfully complete a working at height training Clear and thorough reporting Proactive approach towards station availability reliability Ability to get Nato security Clearance A desire to develop core skills. SES is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer Apply HERE

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Junior Ground Station Systems Engineer Early Careers Employment Programme

2020-07-29 09:12:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

EUMETSAT is Europes meteorological satellite agency monitoring the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Working for EUMETSAT, you can make a world of difference and be a part of something that makes a positive impact on society. You will be at the cutting edge of satellite technology, with a meaningful role in an organisation focused on spacebased observations of the Earths weather and climate. The EUMETSAT Early Careers Employment Programme ECEP offers opportunity for recent graduates to take that first step into an exciting career in this industry. We are looking for a Junior Ground Station Systems Engineer to support the development and or upgrade of local and remote ground stations. What youll be doing Support the definition, execution and evaluation of tests for upgrades or refurbishment of ground stations Contribute to relevant aspects of ground segment and system integration, verification and validation tests Support the definition and control the implementation of integrated maintenance plans for ground stations Support the definition of requirements and specifications for ground station upgrades or new ground stations Contribute to procurements of new ground stations, upgrades and maintenance and support services, and followup the execution of contracts Support the assembly, integration and testing of new ground stations procured from industry Acquire knowledge on CCSDS standards for ground stations engineering and hands on experience on link budgets engineering and supporting tools. What we offer The initial contract will be under the EUMETSAT Early Career Employee Programme ECEP, for two 2 years with grade A1 on the EUMETSAT salary scale. Subject to successful performance, a further contract of 5 years duration will be awarded in a post graded A2A4. Additional contracts may be awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisational requirements. In addition, the successful candidate will receive Flexible working time including additional flexileave Full medical coverage for employee and family 30 days of annual leave 14.5 days public holidays Training and development support Relocation allowance and support if applicable Requirements Qualifications A University degree in Systems Engineering or equally relevant discipline. Skills and Experience required Strong motivation to develop towards full professionalism in an international environment in the area of Ground Stations System Engineering Readiness to learn expand the own knowledge combined with excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to work in a team For this role some of the following would be advantageous Background in system engineering in electronics or telecommunication as much as possible related to ground stations Initial experience in testing, integrating, verifying andor validating systems. More about us EUMETSATs role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisations Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide. EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users. As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT can recruit nationals only from the 30 Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Cornoavirus: UK economy has 'clawed back half of lost ground'

2020-07-20 20:12:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The Bank of England's chief economist says there has been a "V" shaped recovery since depths of lockdown.

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Onboard Ground Software Validation Engineer

2020-07-16 16:11:54| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

HE Space is a successful international space company. For nearly 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for an Onboard and Ground System Software Validation Engineer to support our customer in the Netherlands. As part of the Software Systems Division, you will have the following responsibilities in the functional support of GALILEO Project support related to all technical aspects Development and qualification of flight software General Support to Software Validation Facilities and Avionics Test Benchinfrastructure activities Support of the RD plan implementation by contributing to the production ofstatement of work, running the RD contracts, and working in the laboratory todevelop and maintain the laboratory assets Standardisation contribute to the development of space software standardsECSSE40 family. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience A Masters degree or equivalent qualification in Electronic Engineering, SpaceSystems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related discipline Space systems and Space Systems engineering experience Software engineering and objectoriented programming Programming language knowledge of CC andor others Embedded Real Time Systems and Real Time Kernels working experience Knowledge of Communication Protocols Mil1553, SpaceWire, CAN Knowledge of Microprocessors such as SPARC LEON, ARM, multicores Familiarity with Software Engineering standards such as ECSSEST40C Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of another European language is anadvantage. This job is located in the Netherlands. We welcome applicants who are available from September 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter.If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Sabrina Kracke, by clicking on the button Apply for this job quoting job NLSC4326 before 26Jul20. Please note This position is intended for functional support to Galileo therefore applicants must be nationals of EU Member States, Norway or Iceland.

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